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Uganda pig feed trials show benefits of local feed solutions
Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish: Research assistants chopping jackfruit (left) and weighing a feed trial pig (right) at Kamuzinda Farm, Uganda (photo credit:...
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BecA-ILRI Hub hosts aflatoxin research platform towards safe food and feed in...
Aflatoxin-contaminated groundnut kernels from Mozambique (photo credit: IITA). Among the many research projects carried out by the Food Safety and Zoonoses program of the International Livestock...
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Video highlights the lessons from a One Health approach in responding to...
In April 2010, Miyazaki prefecture in Southwest Japan experienced an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, one of the most contagious animal diseases. Although the outbreak was successfully contained in...
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World Health Day 2015: Highlighting food safety research at ILRI
Testing milk in Kenya’s informal market (photo credit: ILRI/Dave Elsworth). World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health...
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Why gender matters for food safety
The following is an excerpted version of a blog post originally published on the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) website. Some of the foods that would most enhance...
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One size does not fit all: Different food safety solutions needed for...
Rinsing fresh fish in Accra, Ghana. Food safety systems need to be tailored to fit the contexts of different countries (photo credit: ILRI/Kennedy Bomfeh). Every year, The Chicago Council convenes...
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ILRI contributes chapters in new book on One Health approach to sanitation...
Tezira Lore:Hung Nguyen-Viet and Delia Grace, researchers with the Food Safety and Zoonoses program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), are among several chapter authors of a new...
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Study explores effect of land use and biodiversity changes on risk of...
Orma Boran cattle crossing a river in Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Rosemary Dolan). The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is a research program that works to understand the relationships...
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Europe Day 2015 celebrations feature aflatoxin research by Finland-funded...
Harvested maize in Tete Province, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). As part of celebrations in Nairobi last week to mark Europe Day 2015, the Finland-funded FoodAfrica program took part in...
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Global conference on One Health features ILRI research on antimicrobial use...
Vaccinating chicks in Thuy Phuong province, Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Nguyen Ngoc Huyen). Livestock production is beset by many challenges. Animal diseases, in particular, can lead to reduced...
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Livestock scientists say climate change can increase risk of animal pests and...
Livestock grazing on an island in the River Niger, as seen off a bridge in Niger’s capital, Niamey (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The livestock sector contributes significantly to the global economy...
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A4NH 2014 annual report highlights ILRI book on food safety research
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) last week (4 June) published its 2014 annual report, marking...
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New ILRI report reviews the knowns and unknowns of antimicrobial resistance...
A herd of cattle in Botswana. A new report by ILRI identifies key evidence gaps in our knowledge of antimicrobial resistance in the livestock and fisheries sub-sectors in the developing world (photo...
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New journal article presents case studies on CGIAR research on aflatoxins
Working in the maize field in Malawi (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The CGIAR Consortium, made up of 15 research centres, carries out agricultural research to contribute to the global effort to find...
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Tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of...
Tezira Lore:In a new paper published on 23 June 2015, the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change says that tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of this...
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New ILRI study finds high levels of aflatoxin in milk and dairy feeds in...
Aflatoxins are highly toxic fungal by-products produced by certain strains of Aspergillus fungi in more than 40 susceptible crops including maize and groundnuts. Aflatoxins can be separated into...
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ILRI’s training program leads to increased milk yield for dairy farmers in...
Originally posted on ILRI Asia: Indian newspaper The Telegraph reported on Monday, 20 July 2015, that a program by researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) that trained...
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Designing practical ways to help the urban poor make choices that improve...
Originally posted on ILRI news: Paula Dominguez-Salas, above, is a post-doctoral scientist of ILRI and the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH) researching...
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Free e-version of book on food safety in informal markets in sub-Saharan...
Originally posted on Safe Food, Fair Food: We are pleased to announce that the book, Food Safety and Informal Markets: Animal Products in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Kristina Roesel and Delia Grace...
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Reducing human exposure to aflatoxins in poor countries: Towards new...
Originally posted on ILRI news: ILRI graduate fellow Taishi Kayano, from Rakuno Gakuen University, collects milk samples from a Kenya dairy farmer as part of a scoping survey of aflatoxins in the...
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