According to UN Women, this year's International Women's Day theme is “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” This is a call for action that can unlock equal rights, power, and ...

Innovative wastewater management, an often-overlooked aspect of public and environmental health, could reduce pollution, prevent disease outbreaks and contribute to socio-economic development in ...

Conservation of local pig genetic resources using the most accessible biological material and non-invasive tools will increase the research capability to respond to present and future needs of the ...

Livestock is a key sector in Uganda, contributing approximately 4.3% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Nearly 60 ...

Precision breeding via genome editing in cattle is a promising approach to rapidly deliver improved germplasms with the desired allele variants suitable for productivity, adaptation and resilience.

Indigenous chicken production is essential for sociology-economic development and improving the livelihoods of Livestock farmers in nearly all rural households In Sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia ...

The project aims to support global and national biosecurity threats by strengthening zoonotic disease surveillance in Kenya, a hotspot for emerging infectious diseases. Advanced pathogen detection ...

A new four-year project to improve milk quality, safety and marketing in Kenya has been launched by the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB), the International ...

World Wildlife Day is commemorated annually on 3 March to celebrate wild animals and plants, and to recognize their unique roles and contributions to people and the planet. To mark this day, ...

Hon. Abdallah Hamisi Ulega, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries, speaking at the ILRI@50 celebrations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Photo credit: Gloriana Ndibalema/ILRI). “The Tanzania Livestock Master ...