International Livestock Research Institute - Kenia (ILRI)
Address
International Livestock Research Institute - Kenia (ILRI)
P.O.Box 30709
Nairobi
Activities:
- Research
Networks:
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Coordinated projects
- Application of genomics and proteomics to camel Streptococcus agalactiae: development of vaccines and diagnostics to support camel milk marketing through improved control of mastitis Details of Application of genomics and proteomics to camel Streptococcus agalactiae: development of vaccines and diagnostics to support camel milk marketing through improved control of mastitis
- Enhanced control of CBPP in sub Saharan Africa through development of better diagnostics and vaccines Details of Enhanced control of CBPP in sub Saharan Africa through development of better diagnostics and vaccines
- Generating a framework for strategic improvement and adoption of superior dual-purpose (groundnut) cultivars in mixed crop livestock systems in drought prone areas Details of Generating a framework for strategic improvement and adoption of superior dual-purpose (groundnut) cultivars in mixed crop livestock systems in drought prone areas
- Improving the livelihoods of poor live-stock keepers in Africa through community based management of indigenous farm animal genetic resources Details of Improving the livelihoods of poor live-stock keepers in Africa through community based management of indigenous farm animal genetic resources
- Improving the value of maize as livestock feed and to enhance the livelihoods of maize-livestock farmers in East Africa Details of Improving the value of maize as livestock feed and to enhance the livelihoods of maize-livestock farmers in East Africa
- Investigating the pathogenicity mechanisms of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) - the most devasting cattle disease in Africa Details of Investigating the pathogenicity mechanisms of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) - the most devasting cattle disease in Africa
- Preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of West Africa (Phase II) Details of Preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of West Africa (Phase II)
- Safe food, fair food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal-source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in sub Saharan Africa Details of Safe food, fair food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal-source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in sub Saharan Africa
- Supporting the vulnerable: Increasing the adaptive capacity of agro-pastoralists to climatic change in West and Southern Africa using a transdisciplinary research approach (CLIMATE CHANGE) Details of Supporting the vulnerable: Increasing the adaptive capacity of agro-pastoralists to climatic change in West and Southern Africa using a transdisciplinary research approach (CLIMATE CHANGE)
Involved in research projects:
- Integrated control of neglected zoonoses: improving human health and animal production through scientific innovation and public engagement (ICONZ) Details of Integrated control of neglected zoonoses: improving human health and animal production through scientific innovation and public engagement (ICONZ)
- Mutual learning of livestock keepers and scientists for adaptation to climate change in pastoral areas Details of Mutual learning of livestock keepers and scientists for adaptation to climate change in pastoral areas
- Options and restrictions on the use of local animal populations in low-resource production systems Details of Options and restrictions on the use of local animal populations in low-resource production systems