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. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Transforming Ethiopia’s Livestock Sector
(UNDP Ethiopia)–UNDP and the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries signed a program document for a three-year livestock program that seeks to transform the sector through […]
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 […]
University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany) Delegates Visited Hawassa University
A team of eleven scholars from University of Hohenheim, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg Institute), visited Hawassa University (HU) in the first […]