ILRI: Understanding the burden of foodborne disease to ensure food safety in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (ILRI News) – More than half a billion people around the world fall ill every year from the food they eat. As a […]
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ILRI Opens Genebank and Bioscience Research Facilities in Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia–The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) officially opened state-of-the-art facilities for genebank and bioscience research in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The facilities will help […]
STUDY ― Environment drives DNA changes in Ethiopian chickens
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh look into into how temperature, rain and land use influence the adaptation of Ethiopian chickens could inform breeding programs. […]
Ethiopia, once a byword for hunger, has become a leader in the fight against malnutrition
Ethiopia, once a byword for hunger and want, has in recent decades become a dynamic success story, a leader in the fight against both poverty […]
Belgian artist helps Ethiopia engineer the perfect chicken
Incubated Worlds is an artwork and research center at once, a combined effort of internationally acclaimed Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen and two ILRI livestock geneticists […]
DFID/UKAid provides £4 million for genetics and health research to aid sustainable livestock production in Africa
The Center for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, a joint venture between the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the International Livestock Research […]
Training for Women and Men Livestock Keepers Enhances Animal Health Interventions in Ethiopia
The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock covered major animal health constraints and their effects, and how the planned interventions will help to solve the problems […]
Largest Ever Micro-insurance Payout Made to Ethiopian Pastoralists
Insured Ethiopian pastoralists received an average of ETB 2,255 per person, which will allow the herders to purchase feeds for their surviving animals and to […]
Need for Improved Technological Applications Stressed to Enhance Livestock Production
Improved technological applications play a vital role in wide range of aspects to enhance livestock production, according to Fekadu Beyene, PhD, Minister of Livestock and […]
EVENT: Ethiopian Veterinary Association 31st Annual Conference
EVENT: Ethiopian Veterinary Association, 31st Annual Conference DATE: September 5-6, 2017 VENUE: UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA (EVA) The […]