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Female dairy farmers laid the foundation for a village-based ryegrass seed enterprise in Danyore valley, Pakistan

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • 1 Comment

Rye grasses are widely grown cool season grasses that are better suited and have greater agronomic potential in the northern mountainous regions of Pakistan. Since 2015, the AIP-ILRI project has been working to improve dairy production through higher biomass production of improved fodder varieties, especially in mountainous areas like Gilgit. Continue reading →

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MilkIT: Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India through feed innovation

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Alan Duncan • Leave a comment

The MilkIT (enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation) project comes to an end in December 2014. The project team in India recently produced a video documenting some of the project’s experiences, zooming in on innovation platforms, womens’ empowerment, and enhanced forage availability. Continue reading →

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Investigating fodder as a cash crop—a micro-enterprise for Indian dairy women
GASL’s Fritz Schneider on livestock and the SDGs at Berlin’s Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
Cereal straws and stovers for sustainable livestock futures: When crop biomass becomes livestock gold
Improving the yield and quality of sorghum forage for livestock feeding
Better livestock feeding to increase productivity and boost food security in southern Malawi
ILRI’s Kapiti livestock research station—and Kenyan and global public goods—imperiled by land grabs in Kenya
Gates Foundation grants Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems USD8.7 million to improve human nutrition in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

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ILRI research on forages - Helping farmers produce more
Feed a key issue to manage livestock systems in transition
From 'no-win' to 'win-win' - managing tradeoffs between forages as feeds or for soil improvement
NBDC experiences with fodder development in Diga, Ethiopia
NBDC experiences with fodder development in Fogera, Ethiopia
MilkIT: Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India through feed innovation
An instructional design process to optimize use of the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST)
The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) instructional design process
Dual purpose wheat and barley for human food and livestock feed in India
Development of participatory tools to guide feed entry points