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A rapid appraisal of institutions supporting Somali livestock export

Reports & Research
April, 2008
Somalia, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
This publication presents finding of a rapid appraisal of institutions supporting livestock trade and marketing in Somalia.
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Better livestock management enhances agricultural water productivity in the Nile Basin

December, 2008
water management
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Counting in a disappearing land: people, livestock and wildlife

Multimedia
November, 2008
Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
pastoralists
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Identifying recommendation domains for targeting dual-purpose maize-based interventions in crop-livestock systems in East Africa

Conference Papers & Reports
June, 2008
Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
poverty
rangelands
Livestock are recognized as essential assets for the livelihoods of poor farmers in the mixed crop-livestock systems throughout the tropics, while feed resources have been identified as an important constraint to their productivity. Two international agricultural research institutes, CIMMYT and ILRI, therefore joined forces in a project designed to improve the value of maize as livestock feed with an aim of enhancing the livelihoods of maize-livestock farmers in East-Africa.
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ILRI annual report 2007: markets that work - making a living from livestock

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
farming systems
rangelands
research
This year's annual report in addition to the 2007 research work also covers key events in the first half of 2008, particularly matters pertaining to the continuing global food price crisis. There is a special section on the record-high food prices; and an introduction to ILRI's 'Improving Market Opportunities' Theme. This annual report comprises three chapters, viz., East Africa; South Asia; and Southern Africa.
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ILRI medium-term plan 2006–2008: Livestock—A pathway out of poverty

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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Improving livestock water productivity under changing climate

May, 2008
water management
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International Livestock Research Institute. Medium-term plan 2009-11

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
research
This strategy takes into account the new market opportunities being created for small-scale livestock producers by increasing local and global demand for high-quality livestock products (termed the Livestock Revolution) and the many pathways by which livestock has traditionally reduced poverty.
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Livestock productivity constraints and opportunities for investment in science and technology

Reports & Research
November, 2008
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
food security
rangelands
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Livestock sector training needs assessment report for southern Africa

Reports & Research
February, 2008
Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
research