Category Archives: Livestock

Mazingira Centre at Climate Smart Agriculture Conference 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa
CCAFS / Climate change / CRPs / Emission Factors / Environment / Greenhouse Gas / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Mazingira / SLS

Mazingira Centre at Climate Smart Agriculture Conference 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa

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This years Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Conference 2017 took place from 27th-30th November 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference brought policy makers, NGOs and scientists together to discuss the progress being made in implementing CSA primarily in developing countries. Each day was organized around plenary sessions and followed by parallel focused sessions in the … Continue reading →

Capacity strengthening / CCAFS / Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Mazingira / SLS

Improving productivity in Kenyan smallholder dairy systems through selective, intensive education and supported adoption

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This poster, produced for the Tropentag 2016 conference, shares how the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is working with NGOs, dairy cooperatives and GIZ, in the framework of a BMZ-funded project in western Kenya, to assess the potential of dairy farmers to implement new technologies that will further improve their operations. Continue reading →

What are you feeding your cow? Dairy farmers trained on feeding and feed management
Capacity strengthening / Dairying / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / Mazingira / SLS

What are you feeding your cow? Dairy farmers trained on feeding and feed management

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Feed constraints are among the key constraints that smallholder dairy farmers grapple with. Staff of the Mazingira Centre—an environmental research and educational facility of the Kenya-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)—are helping to build the capacity of farmers to improve the productivity of their dairy cows. Continue reading →

Climate change / Environment / ILRI / Livestock / Mazingira / SLS

Understanding and managing the environmental footprint of livestock in Africa

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Agriculture, including livestock as well as crop production, makes up about a third (30%) of the global greenhouse gases (GHG) that are generated by human activity and warming our planet. About half of these agricultural emissions are caused by deforestation and soil carbon losses; the rest is largely generated by livestock (and some artificial fertilizer … Continue reading →