Does livestock ownership affect animal-based foods consumption and child nutritional status? Case of Uganda There is a positive correlation between promotion of (small) livestock ownership and human nutrition especially that of children in rural Uganda. T... 14/02/2016
Adopt Modern Technology to increase honey production and get new markets:” Beef Farmers in Uganda Urged Recent market trends for honey in Uganda have sent positive signals for a growth trajectory of the sub-sector that is very good news to the industr... 24/01/2016
Dairy value chain/Kenya - Farm sets up lab to offer cheaper and better embryo The search for improved breeds that offer optimum milk quantities by farmers in East Africa could soon be over after a local organisation launched... 17/01/2016
Rice value chain/Ghana – CRIG develops a new high yielding and drought resistant rice variety The Crop Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) in Ashanti Region has developed a new high yielding and drought resistant rice variety called AgraRice,... 17/01/2016
Cassava value chain/Nigeria - Processing African cassava peels, potentially a billion dollar business According to the research proposal published by three CGIAR centers, transforming cassava peels into high quality feed holds huge potential for Afr... 10/01/2016
Livestock value chain/Jamaica – Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer boosts cattle productivity The Artificial Insemination Unit has transformed it’s fresh semen insemination programme to a frozen semen preservation. Also known as the AI Unit,... 14/12/2015
Roots & Tuber value chain/Jamaica – Beauregard potatoes variety to boost production Reaping of the first batch of the Beauregard potatoes is under way at the Jamaica producers’ farms in the county of Middlesex. This new variety of... 14/12/2015
Wheat value chain/Ethiopia – Farmers gaining from improved crop varieties Employing new agricultural systems, especially seed varieties released from research centers, Ethiopian smallholder wheat farmers have increased th... 24/11/2015
Genetic improvement project to increase milk yields of indigenous cattle herds in Tanzania An ILRI-led project dubbed “Tanzania Dairy Genetic Project (AgriTT)” is being implemented in Lushoto and Rangwe districts in Tanzania in efforts to... 08/11/2015
Grain value chain/Ethiopia - Research reveals indigenous crop varieties face danger Due to little attention given to indigenous crop varieties including teff, wheat and barley in favor of improved seed varieties, the indigenous cro... 19/10/2015