In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock are the backbone of smallholder farming. Far from just being a source of food, cattle are ...

It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of our great colleague, Eugene Terry, who passed away in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, 7 April 2026. Eugene was a towering figure in African ...

We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.

We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.

African Chicken Genetic Gains is an Africa-wide collaboration led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In November 2014, ILRI and partners initiated this new collaboration to ...

The projects aims to develop, promote and test women-led chicken businesses in Ethiopia and Tanzania with the goal of promoting the economic empowerment of young women, and also of improving the food ...

The CIRNA project aims to develop and promote farmer-approved manure management practices that address environmental, health, and economic concerns, and contribute to sustainable development goals.

This project aims to generate an inclusive research and innovation ecosystem that facilitates uptake, adaptation and adoption of solutions to issues that can be addressed by a One Health approach.

In 2009, Eric Fèvre’s team was researching a range of zoonotic diseases—those passed from animals to humans—in western Kenya. The local hospitals reported many cases of the debilitating bacterial ...

The Kenya livestock sector supports the livelihoods of a significant part of the population and is key to attaining food and nutrition security in the country. The sector contributes approximately 12 ...

Dryland ecosystems cover large parts of East Africa, yet we still know surprisingly little about how they exchange carbon and water with the atmosphere over the course of a season. This is because ...

The Government of Ethiopia aims to increase total milk production from cattle, camel, and goats from 7.1 billion litres in 2021 to 28.4 billion litres in 2031. The total milk production from ...