Financial costs of disease burden, morbidity and mortality from priority livestock diseases in Nigeria

Better livelihoods through improvement of livestock production and marketing in North East India

The main agricultural activity of farmers in Northeast India is the mixed crop-livestock system characterized with low inputs and outputs, making poor farmers suffer from decreasing sustainability. Livestock, especially pig and poultry, is a key livelihood among the farming rural families and...

Impact assessment study of the Nigeria avian influenza control and human pandemic preparedness and response project

Nigeria was the first country in Africa to be affected by the H5N1 virus, with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks initially reported in the Kaduna State and confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on 8 February 2006. The disease spread rapidly to 97 Local...

Developing and piloting index based livestock insurance to reduce poverty and vulnerability

In collaboration with various partners, ILRI has pursued a comprehensive research agenda aimed at designing, developing and implementing market mediated index-based insurance products to protect livestock keepers from drought related asset losses they face, particularly those in the drought prone...

Adaptation to climate change for smallholder agriculture in Kenya

Livelihood Improvement & Empowerment of Rural Poor through Sustainable Farming Systems in North East India

The mainstay of the economy of the North East states of India is agriculture and its related activities. Unfortunately, they are on the decline with slash and burn agriculture still being practised. There is a reduced fallow cycle of 2-3 years against 10-15 years in the past and steep slopes are also being cultivated. Agriculture is practised in mixed crop-livestock systems but with low inputs and low outputs.