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Experts warn rapid losses of Africa’s native livestock threaten continent’s...
Resilient disease-resistant, 'ancient' West African cattle, such as these humpless longhorn N'Dama cattle, are among breeds at risk of extinction in Africa as imported animals supplant valuable native...
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Les experts avertissent que la disparition rapide du bétail indigène de...
D’ « anciennes » espèces bovines d’Afrique de l’Ouest, résistantes aux maladies, figurent parmi les races qui risquent de disparaître parce que le bétail importé est en train de supplanter un précieux...
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Pulverizering mills that chop roughages into bits take off on East Africa’s...
The pulverizer feed mill that is taking off on small dairy farms in East Africa (photo credit: East African Dairy Development Project). Pulverizer machines can help small-scale farmers in East Africa...
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Biosciences for Africa: Fuelling africa’s agricultural revolution from within
His Excellency Mwai Kibaki, president of Kenya, listens to Lydia Wamalwa, a plant molecular biologist, during the official opening of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub on 5 November 2010;...
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Highlights from speeches at the opening of the Biosciences eastern and...
Carlos Seré, director general of ILRI; Bruce Scott, director of Partnerships and Communications at ILRI; and Romano Kiome, permanent secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture; in discussion at the...
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A regional biosciences hub in and for Africa: One woman’s personal, and...
Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) is a regional research platform located in Nairobi, Kenya, that was officially launched by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki and other dignitaries in November...
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In Nairobi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts on lab coat, meets young...
Lydia Wamalwa talks with German Chancellor (and former scientist) Angela Merkel at ILRI-BecA labs (photo credit: ILRI/Njoroge). Yesterday (12 Jul 2011), Lydia Wamalwa, a PhD student from the...
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US-Kenyan team developing vaccine to protect African cattle against deadly...
Staff of ILRI’s Tick Unit dissect ticks to extract the parasite Theileria parva, which causes East Coast fever in cattle (photo credit: Brad Collis). A vaccine that protects cattle against East Coast...
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New vaccine launched today to protect Kenyan cattle against East Coast fever
Mrs Kivuti and her dairy cow in Kenya (on Flickr by Jeff Haskins). Today is a red-letter day for livestock keepers in Kenya. A vaccine is being launched by the Kenya Department of Veterinary Services...
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World’s largest agricultural research partnership, serving 1 billion poor,...
Tanzanian Maasai help vaccinate their calves against lethal East Coast fever (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). CGIAR has doubled its funding in the last five years, from $500 million (in 2008) to $1...
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