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At this year's COP30, the ALive4Climate Alliance comes together to highlight how sustainable livestock can benefit adaptation efforts whilst cutting emissions.
🎫 Find our events here: https://whylivestockmatter.org/cop30
🌐 About the Alliance: https://whylivestockmatter.org/alive-4-climate-alliance
🎫 Find our events here: https://whylivestockmatter.org/cop30
🌐 About the Alliance: https://whylivestockmatter.org/alive-4-climate-alliance
After #COP30 the world must recognise well-managed livestock are an important part of a more pragmatic global strategy.
Read ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng's full op-ed 👇
https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/as-cop30-takes-place-can-africa-draw-lessons-from-brazil-on-how-it-develops-its-livestock-sector/
Read ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng's full op-ed 👇
https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/as-cop30-takes-place-can-africa-draw-lessons-from-brazil-on-how-it-develops-its-livestock-sector/
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
After #COP30 the world must recognise well-managed livestock are an important part of a more pragmatic global strategy.
Read ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng's full op-ed 👇
https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/as-cop30-takes-place-can-africa-draw-lessons-from-brazil-on-how-it-develops-its-livestock-sector/
Read ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng's full op-ed 👇
https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/as-cop30-takes-place-can-africa-draw-lessons-from-brazil-on-how-it-develops-its-livestock-sector/
Today's events at #COP30.
🌍 Join us in our journey to a future for sustainable livestock 🐄 to find out:
🐐 What does a just transition mean for livestock—one that includes equity, social justice & locally driven adaptation?
🌱 How will pastoralism & rangelands be part of global sustainability?
🌍 Join us in our journey to a future for sustainable livestock 🐄 to find out:
🐐 What does a just transition mean for livestock—one that includes equity, social justice & locally driven adaptation?
🌱 How will pastoralism & rangelands be part of global sustainability?
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Today's events at #COP30.
🌍 Join us in our journey to a future for sustainable livestock 🐄 to find out:
🐐 What does a just transition mean for livestock—one that includes equity, social justice & locally driven adaptation?
🌱 How will pastoralism & rangelands be part of global sustainability?
🌍 Join us in our journey to a future for sustainable livestock 🐄 to find out:
🐐 What does a just transition mean for livestock—one that includes equity, social justice & locally driven adaptation?
🌱 How will pastoralism & rangelands be part of global sustainability?
Attending #COP30? Follow us to find out what research we're doing to create sustainable livestock practices in response to #climatechange.
#ILRIClimateStories
#ILRIClimateStories
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Attending #COP30? Follow us to find out what research we're doing to create sustainable livestock practices in response to #climatechange.
#ILRIClimateStories
#ILRIClimateStories
At this year's COP30, the ALive4Climate Alliance comes together to highlight how sustainable livestock can benefit adaptation efforts whilst cutting emissions.
🎫 Find our events here: https://whylivestockmatter.org/cop30
🌐 About the Alliance: https://whylivestockmatter.org/alive-4-climate-alliance
🎫 Find our events here: https://whylivestockmatter.org/cop30
🌐 About the Alliance: https://whylivestockmatter.org/alive-4-climate-alliance
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
At this year's COP30, the ALive4Climate Alliance comes together to highlight how sustainable livestock can benefit adaptation efforts whilst cutting emissions.
🎫 Find our events here: https://whylivestockmatter.org/cop30
🌐 About the Alliance: https://whylivestockmatter.org/alive-4-climate-alliance
🎫 Find our events here: https://whylivestockmatter.org/cop30
🌐 About the Alliance: https://whylivestockmatter.org/alive-4-climate-alliance
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🌍 A 2°C rise in global temperatures could leave 200M more people facing hunger by 2050.
CGIAR supports farmers and governments with climate-smart practices, resilient crops, and evidence for national and global climate action.
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/40xSqlh
#WithScienceWeCan
CGIAR supports farmers and governments with climate-smart practices, resilient crops, and evidence for national and global climate action.
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/40xSqlh
#WithScienceWeCan
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🌍 A 2°C rise in global temperatures could leave 200M more people facing hunger by 2050.
CGIAR supports farmers and governments with climate-smart practices, resilient crops, and evidence for national and global climate action.
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/40xSqlh
#WithScienceWeCan
CGIAR supports farmers and governments with climate-smart practices, resilient crops, and evidence for national and global climate action.
🔗 https://on.cgiar.org/40xSqlh
#WithScienceWeCan
Investing in animal health supports global health, but it's more than surveillance & biosafety, say Ekta Patel & Bernard Bett in their article for @woah-africa.bsky.social.
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/advancing-one-health-security-through-animal-waste-surveillance-and-wildmeat-value-chains/
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/advancing-one-health-security-through-animal-waste-surveillance-and-wildmeat-value-chains/
Advancing One Health Security Through Animal Waste Surveillance and Wildmeat Value Chains - The Animal Echo
theanimalecho.woah.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Investing in animal health supports global health, but it's more than surveillance & biosafety, say Ekta Patel & Bernard Bett in their article for @woah-africa.bsky.social.
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/advancing-one-health-security-through-animal-waste-surveillance-and-wildmeat-value-chains/
https://theanimalecho.woah.org/en/advancing-one-health-security-through-animal-waste-surveillance-and-wildmeat-value-chains/
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Graduate student training opportunity!
One Health Against Pathogens was established to train Canadian grad students in interdisciplinary research, communication, and crafting effective public policy.
Applications for the 2026 trainee cohort close Nov. 30. For more info, visit: www.ohapcreate.ca 🧪
One Health Against Pathogens was established to train Canadian grad students in interdisciplinary research, communication, and crafting effective public policy.
Applications for the 2026 trainee cohort close Nov. 30. For more info, visit: www.ohapcreate.ca 🧪
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Graduate student training opportunity!
One Health Against Pathogens was established to train Canadian grad students in interdisciplinary research, communication, and crafting effective public policy.
Applications for the 2026 trainee cohort close Nov. 30. For more info, visit: www.ohapcreate.ca 🧪
One Health Against Pathogens was established to train Canadian grad students in interdisciplinary research, communication, and crafting effective public policy.
Applications for the 2026 trainee cohort close Nov. 30. For more info, visit: www.ohapcreate.ca 🧪
Join our regional dialogue on the EAT-Lancet 2.0 Report on 3 Nov 2025 as we examine how livestock contributes towards Africa’s path to healthy and sustainable food systems.
Register here: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/EeDJ16hyR_mhp_G4vaplOg
Register here: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/EeDJ16hyR_mhp_G4vaplOg
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Join our regional dialogue on the EAT-Lancet 2.0 Report on 3 Nov 2025 as we examine how livestock contributes towards Africa’s path to healthy and sustainable food systems.
Register here: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/EeDJ16hyR_mhp_G4vaplOg
Register here: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/EeDJ16hyR_mhp_G4vaplOg
The Positive Pioneer-Deviance program has connected 28,000+ households across Kenya, Ethiopia and Colombia.
Impact data from Kenya shows a 75% increase in milk production, 52% better livestock health, and 30% enhanced cost efficiency.
https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
Impact data from Kenya shows a 75% increase in milk production, 52% better livestock health, and 30% enhanced cost efficiency.
https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
No one's waiting: Farmers are driving climate adaptation one solution at a time
In a quiet corner of Kenya’s Bomet County, farmers Doreen and Edwin Mitey are pushing the frontiers of climate adaptation—and inspiring fellow farmers to do…
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October 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Positive Pioneer-Deviance program has connected 28,000+ households across Kenya, Ethiopia and Colombia.
Impact data from Kenya shows a 75% increase in milk production, 52% better livestock health, and 30% enhanced cost efficiency.
https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
Impact data from Kenya shows a 75% increase in milk production, 52% better livestock health, and 30% enhanced cost efficiency.
https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
‘Farmers will only adopt what they know can work for them, and it may not be what researchers believe will work for them.'
ILRI researchers are supporting pioneering farmers to form knowledge-sharing networks.
Read the fully story! https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
ILRI researchers are supporting pioneering farmers to form knowledge-sharing networks.
Read the fully story! https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
‘Farmers will only adopt what they know can work for them, and it may not be what researchers believe will work for them.'
ILRI researchers are supporting pioneering farmers to form knowledge-sharing networks.
Read the fully story! https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
ILRI researchers are supporting pioneering farmers to form knowledge-sharing networks.
Read the fully story! https://www.ilri.org/news/Farmers-driving-climate-adaptation
What does it take to build Africa’s next generation of One Health leaders?
Join the conversation on training, impact & innovation across sector at the OHRECA close-out webinar — 27 Oct | 2:00–3:30 PM EAT
Register: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_82kUrqHoRJi8vE5aTsnWlA
Join the conversation on training, impact & innovation across sector at the OHRECA close-out webinar — 27 Oct | 2:00–3:30 PM EAT
Register: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_82kUrqHoRJi8vE5aTsnWlA
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What does it take to build Africa’s next generation of One Health leaders?
Join the conversation on training, impact & innovation across sector at the OHRECA close-out webinar — 27 Oct | 2:00–3:30 PM EAT
Register: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_82kUrqHoRJi8vE5aTsnWlA
Join the conversation on training, impact & innovation across sector at the OHRECA close-out webinar — 27 Oct | 2:00–3:30 PM EAT
Register: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_82kUrqHoRJi8vE5aTsnWlA
‘For many years, livestock were demonised as contributing too much to climate change,’ says ILRI's Laura Cramer. ‘There are still vegan activists promoting plant-based diets for everyone as a way to save the environment.’
https://www.ilri.org/index.php/news/When-policy-meets-pasture
https://www.ilri.org/index.php/news/When-policy-meets-pasture
When policy meets pasture: Farmers and scientists joining forces to shape a fair climate future
In a bright blue and yellow African dress, Elizabeth Nsimadala stood out among the dark suits as she spoke at a UNFCCC workshop on agriculture and food…
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October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
‘For many years, livestock were demonised as contributing too much to climate change,’ says ILRI's Laura Cramer. ‘There are still vegan activists promoting plant-based diets for everyone as a way to save the environment.’
https://www.ilri.org/index.php/news/When-policy-meets-pasture
https://www.ilri.org/index.php/news/When-policy-meets-pasture
The 9th International Greenhouse Gas & Animal Agriculture Conference (#GGAA2025) kicked off on 5 Oct in Nairobi.
Through the week delegates will explore the latest research shaping the future of livestock systems.
🔗 See the full program: ggaaconference.org & follow us on social media for updates.
Through the week delegates will explore the latest research shaping the future of livestock systems.
🔗 See the full program: ggaaconference.org & follow us on social media for updates.
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The 9th International Greenhouse Gas & Animal Agriculture Conference (#GGAA2025) kicked off on 5 Oct in Nairobi.
Through the week delegates will explore the latest research shaping the future of livestock systems.
🔗 See the full program: ggaaconference.org & follow us on social media for updates.
Through the week delegates will explore the latest research shaping the future of livestock systems.
🔗 See the full program: ggaaconference.org & follow us on social media for updates.
Act now: You, Me, Community. Rabies is 100% preventable—but only if we act together. Scan the QR code to learn how you can protect your loved ones and support a rabies-free future.
#WorldRabiesDay #OneHealth #EndRabies #Zeroby30
#WorldRabiesDay #OneHealth #EndRabies #Zeroby30
September 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Act now: You, Me, Community. Rabies is 100% preventable—but only if we act together. Scan the QR code to learn how you can protect your loved ones and support a rabies-free future.
#WorldRabiesDay #OneHealth #EndRabies #Zeroby30
#WorldRabiesDay #OneHealth #EndRabies #Zeroby30
Nelly Njiru, ILRI gender and livestock expert, explains to KBC TV why research on gender norms and women's empowerment are integral to a future of sustainable livestock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_N5I8E_H4
#KBCchannel1 #KBCbusiness #KenyaNews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_N5I8E_H4
#KBCchannel1 #KBCbusiness #KenyaNews
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September 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nelly Njiru, ILRI gender and livestock expert, explains to KBC TV why research on gender norms and women's empowerment are integral to a future of sustainable livestock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_N5I8E_H4
#KBCchannel1 #KBCbusiness #KenyaNews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_N5I8E_H4
#KBCchannel1 #KBCbusiness #KenyaNews
Feed is the #1 challenge in poultry production. At ILRI’s poultry facility, we’re testing Black Soldier Fly larvae as a sustainable, low-cost, high-protein feed alternative for farmers.
Contact w.esatu@cgiar.org & o.hanotte@cgiar.org to scale this innovation together!
#HatchingKnowledge
Contact w.esatu@cgiar.org & o.hanotte@cgiar.org to scale this innovation together!
#HatchingKnowledge
September 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Feed is the #1 challenge in poultry production. At ILRI’s poultry facility, we’re testing Black Soldier Fly larvae as a sustainable, low-cost, high-protein feed alternative for farmers.
Contact w.esatu@cgiar.org & o.hanotte@cgiar.org to scale this innovation together!
#HatchingKnowledge
Contact w.esatu@cgiar.org & o.hanotte@cgiar.org to scale this innovation together!
#HatchingKnowledge
ILRI and partners have improved the Ethiopian Tilili chicken to perform well in tough conditions and diseases 👇
#HatchingKnowledge
#HatchingKnowledge
September 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
ILRI and partners have improved the Ethiopian Tilili chicken to perform well in tough conditions and diseases 👇
#HatchingKnowledge
#HatchingKnowledge
Join us at #ClimateWeekNYC 2025 on 23 Sept for a powerful discussion answering how we can address climate through animal health.
#animalhealth #climate #onehealth
#animalhealth #climate #onehealth
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Join us at #ClimateWeekNYC 2025 on 23 Sept for a powerful discussion answering how we can address climate through animal health.
#animalhealth #climate #onehealth
#animalhealth #climate #onehealth
Capacity and innovation in numbers. Here’s how the ILRI poultry facility contributes to shaping poultry systems in Africa and beyond!
#HatchingKnowledge
#HatchingKnowledge
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Capacity and innovation in numbers. Here’s how the ILRI poultry facility contributes to shaping poultry systems in Africa and beyond!
#HatchingKnowledge
#HatchingKnowledge
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« The War on Science » Interesting theme @ ABBC conference in Lusaka.
Thank you ISAAA for COHESA.
@cirad.bsky.social @ilri.org
Thank you ISAAA for COHESA.
@cirad.bsky.social @ilri.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
« The War on Science » Interesting theme @ ABBC conference in Lusaka.
Thank you ISAAA for COHESA.
@cirad.bsky.social @ilri.org
Thank you ISAAA for COHESA.
@cirad.bsky.social @ilri.org
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#African #swine #fever #vaccine candidate shows promise against some #virus strains ...
| #AfricanSwineFever | #ASF | #pigs | #hogs | By @ilri.org via @sciencex.bsky.social
| #AfricanSwineFever | #ASF | #pigs | #hogs | By @ilri.org via @sciencex.bsky.social
African swine fever vaccine candidate shows promise against some virus strains, but broad protection still a challenge
An international team of scientists has found that a promising African swine fever (ASF) vaccine can protect pigs against some strains of the virus but offers little or no protection against others.…
phys.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Is livestock research in Africa where it is supposed to be?
No, says ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng in a recent interview for Nature Africa.
No, says ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng in a recent interview for Nature Africa.
September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Is livestock research in Africa where it is supposed to be?
No, says ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng in a recent interview for Nature Africa.
No, says ILRI DG Appolinaire Djikeng in a recent interview for Nature Africa.
A new policy brief by ILRI and experts in Kenya offers ways to reduce the cost of livestock feeds for livestock producers.
Download it here: https://www.ilri.org/news/experts-offer-recommendations-reduce-cost-livestock-feeds-kenya
Download it here: https://www.ilri.org/news/experts-offer-recommendations-reduce-cost-livestock-feeds-kenya
Experts offer recommendations to reduce the cost of livestock feeds in Kenya
Kenya's livestock sector plays a critical role in the country's social, economic, environmental and public health landscape, contributing 3.8% to the gross...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A new policy brief by ILRI and experts in Kenya offers ways to reduce the cost of livestock feeds for livestock producers.
Download it here: https://www.ilri.org/news/experts-offer-recommendations-reduce-cost-livestock-feeds-kenya
Download it here: https://www.ilri.org/news/experts-offer-recommendations-reduce-cost-livestock-feeds-kenya
Men and women face different restrictions in livestock farming. Is it better to work around existing barriers, or transform them?
ILRI research shows a combined approach leads to greater empowerment and more positive changes for women.
ILRI research shows a combined approach leads to greater empowerment and more positive changes for women.
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Men and women face different restrictions in livestock farming. Is it better to work around existing barriers, or transform them?
ILRI research shows a combined approach leads to greater empowerment and more positive changes for women.
ILRI research shows a combined approach leads to greater empowerment and more positive changes for women.