Millions of resource-poor smallholder farmers feed and nourish the people of Kenya. Yet they face an ever-more unpredictable and extreme climate. ShambaShield is developing solutions that will ...

Adopting agricultural technologies is crucial to improve productivity and livelihoods in developing countries. While much research has focused on adoption decisions, understanding dis-adoption, when ...

Lam, S., Patel, E., Hoffmann, V., Bett, B., Fèvre, E.M., Moodley, A., Rheman, S., Mateo-Sagasta, J. and Hung Nguyen-Viet. 2024. Lessons learned and next steps for ...

VarScout is a cloud- and mobile-phone-based application that transforms how crop varietal data is collected and used. Initially developed by CGIAR's International Potato Center (CIP) in partnership ...

Introduction: Veterinary antibiotics are essential for maintaining animal health and welfare, however, small-scale farmers in Malawi face challenges in accessing them due to limited availability, ...

Djikeng, A. and Moyo, S. 2024. International Livestock Research Institute: Better lives, better planet through livestock. Presented at the ILRI Institutional Planning ...

Mekonnen, K., Bezabih, M., Adie, A., Alene, T., Tessema, F., Gebreyes, M., Seifu, H. and Whitbread, A. 2024. The effect of different harvesting frequencies on the ...

Muktar, M.S., Negawo, A.T. and Jones, C.S. 2024. Genetic diversity study in Urochloa spp collections maintained in the ILRI forage genebank. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

The global livestock sector emits 12% of all GHG emissions associated with human activities, with cattle meat and milk alone contributing 62% of these emissions. Meat demand will triple and milk ...

A cost-effective fertilizer recommendation tool developed for six staple crops in Rwanda has been successfully plugged into the country's innovative Smart Nkunganire System, popularly known as 'SNS', ...

ILRI is actively engaged in several CGIAR initiatives and platforms.