On-farm hormonal oestrus synchronization and mass insemination of cows for sm...ILRI
This document summarizes research on on-farm hormonal oestrus synchronization and mass artificial insemination of cows for smallholders in Ethiopia. It finds that while a researcher-led approach showed promise, scaling required institutional changes. Working with regional partners to train staff, over 600,000 cows were synchronized and inseminated from 2011-2015 across four regions. New technologies like progesterone tests helped with estrus detection and pregnancy diagnosis. The Ethiopian government's Livestock Master Plan now aims to increase crossbred cows to 5 million in 5 years to boost milk production and incomes.
ILRI program outline: Feed and Forage Development ILRI
This document outlines the ILRI Feed and Forage Development program. The program aims to reduce feed costs and improve feeds, forages, and feeding strategies through research. Key areas of research include feed resources, private sector capabilities, and feed supply and demand scenarios. The program structure includes teams on feeds and feeding strategies, forage diversity, and genetic variability. The research contributes to various CRPs and impacts pathways involve improved access to forage genetic resources and training. Exciting new technologies being explored include ammonia fiber expansion to increase digestibility of crop residues and studying genetic diversity of Napier grass.
This document outlines ILRI's proposed Impact at Scale program, which aims to ensure research outputs are translated into outcomes and impact at a large scale. The program would be responsible for managing scaling/development projects where ILRI leads or partners, ensuring proven technologies and approaches are adopted widely. It discusses donors requesting ILRI scale interventions, CGIAR centers' comparative advantages, and proposes an organizational structure. Key points are demonstrating research relevance, influencing project design, and maximizing chances of meeting targets for large-scale impact.
On-farm hormonal oestrus synchronization and mass insemination of cows for sm...ILRI
This document summarizes research on on-farm hormonal oestrus synchronization and mass artificial insemination of cows for smallholders in Ethiopia. It finds that while a researcher-led approach showed promise, scaling required institutional changes. Working with regional partners to train staff, over 600,000 cows were synchronized and inseminated from 2011-2015 across four regions. New technologies like progesterone tests helped with estrus detection and pregnancy diagnosis. The Ethiopian government's Livestock Master Plan now aims to increase crossbred cows to 5 million in 5 years to boost milk production and incomes.
ILRI program outline: Feed and Forage Development ILRI
This document outlines the ILRI Feed and Forage Development program. The program aims to reduce feed costs and improve feeds, forages, and feeding strategies through research. Key areas of research include feed resources, private sector capabilities, and feed supply and demand scenarios. The program structure includes teams on feeds and feeding strategies, forage diversity, and genetic variability. The research contributes to various CRPs and impacts pathways involve improved access to forage genetic resources and training. Exciting new technologies being explored include ammonia fiber expansion to increase digestibility of crop residues and studying genetic diversity of Napier grass.
This document outlines ILRI's proposed Impact at Scale program, which aims to ensure research outputs are translated into outcomes and impact at a large scale. The program would be responsible for managing scaling/development projects where ILRI leads or partners, ensuring proven technologies and approaches are adopted widely. It discusses donors requesting ILRI scale interventions, CGIAR centers' comparative advantages, and proposes an organizational structure. Key points are demonstrating research relevance, influencing project design, and maximizing chances of meeting targets for large-scale impact.
Policy and impact at scale: Pig breeding in Nagaland, IndiaILRI
This document summarizes the development and launch of a pig breeding policy in Nagaland, India to address issues like rampant cross breeding. The policy was informed by ILRI's feeding trials, genome studies, and stakeholder consultations. It aims to impact the 1.4 million pig rearers in Nagaland. Key learnings included building credibility through evidence, gaining trust, and proactive bureaucracy. The policy's high acceptance level indicates it can effectively impact large populations.
ILRI program outline: Sustainable Livestock SystemsILRI
The ILRI program outline aims to contribute to productive and sustainable livestock systems through three main research themes: 1) Managing interactions between environmental change and livestock, 2) Proving intensification can be sustainable, and 3) Developing resilient livestock systems. The program strategy involves characterizing risks/benefits to livestock keepers, developing strategies to overcome constraints, and catalyzing adoption of solutions. Key activities include research on emissions/adaptation, sustainable intensification approaches, and building an enabling environment for wider uptake of strategies. The intended impacts are productive livestock despite future uncertainties, positive environmental benefits, and help for poor people to manage risks.
Aflatoxin M1-related health risk for milk consumers in dairy farms in rural a...ILRI
Poster by Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Apollinaire Nombre, Amos Miningou, SyAppolinaireTraore, Johanna Lindahl, Augustine Ayantunde, Javier Sanchez and Silvia Alonso presented at the virtual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week 2021, 29 June – 1 July 2021. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
Genetics and genomic approaches for sustainable dairy cattle improvementILRI
Presented by Raphael Mrode at the Third Research Coordination Meeting, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, 7-11 June 2021
Presented by Jemimah Njuki, Jane Poole, Nancy Johnson, Isabelle Baltenweck, Pamela Pali, Zaibet Lokman and Samuel Mburu at ILRI Addis Ababa, 2 May 2011.
Gender, livestock and livelihood indicators: An updateILRI
Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck, Jemimah Njuki, Jane Poole, Nancy Johnson, Isabelle Baltenweck, Pamela Pali, Zaibet Lokman and Samuel Mburu at the Livestock and Fish Gender Initiative Meeting, Nairobi, 8-12 June 2015
Understanding perception and drivers to change food safety condition of pork ...ILRI
Poster by Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo, Phuc Pham-Duc, Luong Nguyen-Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Hung Pham-Van, Nga Nguyen-Thi-Duong, Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thu, Delia Grace and Fred Unger presented at the virtual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week 2021, 29 June – 1 July 2021.
This document provides a progress report on work related to global futures and strategic foresight (GFSF) at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It highlights completed work updating parameters for livestock technologies in several countries. It outlines plans to further improve the IMPACT modeling system by validating livestock parameters and testing scenarios related to breeds, feeds, vaccines and policies. Challenges include funding cuts but opportunities exist through collaborations exploring climate change and food-feed interactions.
Presentation by Kebede Amenu, Coen van Wagenberg, Claudia Ganser, James Noah Ssemanda, Arie Havelaar, Kristine Roesel, Biruk Alemu Gemeda, Lina Mego, Donya Madjdian, Theo Knight-Jones at a stakeholder update workshop on Ethiopia food safety research projects, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20 May 2021.
Participatory and quantitative systems modelling approach to animal health ec...ILRI
Presented by Kanar Dizyee to the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) on the proposed Participatory and quantitative systems modelling approach, 15 February 2021.
Application of nuclear and genomic technologies for improving livestock produ...ILRI
Presented by Raphael Mrode at the IAEA International Symposium on Sustainable Animal Production and Health—Current Status and Way Forward, Vienna, 28 June-2 July 2021
Presented by Getnet Assefa (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research) at the Third ACGG Program Management Team Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria, 2 December 2016
Participatory evaluation of cattle fattening innovations of smallholder farm...ILRI
Poster prepared by Azage Tegegne, Yoseph Mekashaand Tesfaye Dubale for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
1) The Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions (TPGS) project aims to characterize local chicken ecotypes, develop improved breeding approaches in partnership with other organizations, and test dissemination mechanisms to deliver more productive and adapted poultry breeds to smallholders.
2) TPGS is currently testing chicken lines and crosses from various breeds on farms in Ghana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, and measuring differences in body weight compared to local chickens.
3) Ongoing indigenous chicken breeding programs in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania are employing BLUP to select for increased body weight, egg number, and survival using local ecotypes identified as priorities in each country.
Value chain actors’ practices associated with the spread of African swine fev...ILRI
Paper presented by Michel Dione, Emily Ouma, Felix Opio, Peter Lule, Brian Kawuma and Danilo Pezo (ILRI) at the Joint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Berlin, 4–8 September 2016
1. Agriculture plays a key role in both undernutrition and overnutrition as well as foodborne diseases and emerging infections. Research is needed to support agricultural approaches to improving food safety from farm to fork.
2. Many health issues are associated with agriculture including 2 billion people with hidden hunger, 5 billion sickened by food each year, and 2 billion exposed to farm hazards. Diseases from zoonotic reservoirs also pose challenges.
3. A farm to fork approach is needed to shift from punishment to prevention of foodborne diseases. Research should map and measure the multiple burdens of foodborne illness and develop innovations, incentives and institutions for better management of food safety.
GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Dr. Berhe Tekola - Director - Animal Production and Health - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Policy and impact at scale: Pig breeding in Nagaland, IndiaILRI
This document summarizes the development and launch of a pig breeding policy in Nagaland, India to address issues like rampant cross breeding. The policy was informed by ILRI's feeding trials, genome studies, and stakeholder consultations. It aims to impact the 1.4 million pig rearers in Nagaland. Key learnings included building credibility through evidence, gaining trust, and proactive bureaucracy. The policy's high acceptance level indicates it can effectively impact large populations.
ILRI program outline: Sustainable Livestock SystemsILRI
The ILRI program outline aims to contribute to productive and sustainable livestock systems through three main research themes: 1) Managing interactions between environmental change and livestock, 2) Proving intensification can be sustainable, and 3) Developing resilient livestock systems. The program strategy involves characterizing risks/benefits to livestock keepers, developing strategies to overcome constraints, and catalyzing adoption of solutions. Key activities include research on emissions/adaptation, sustainable intensification approaches, and building an enabling environment for wider uptake of strategies. The intended impacts are productive livestock despite future uncertainties, positive environmental benefits, and help for poor people to manage risks.
Aflatoxin M1-related health risk for milk consumers in dairy farms in rural a...ILRI
Poster by Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Apollinaire Nombre, Amos Miningou, SyAppolinaireTraore, Johanna Lindahl, Augustine Ayantunde, Javier Sanchez and Silvia Alonso presented at the virtual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week 2021, 29 June – 1 July 2021. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
Genetics and genomic approaches for sustainable dairy cattle improvementILRI
Presented by Raphael Mrode at the Third Research Coordination Meeting, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, 7-11 June 2021
Presented by Jemimah Njuki, Jane Poole, Nancy Johnson, Isabelle Baltenweck, Pamela Pali, Zaibet Lokman and Samuel Mburu at ILRI Addis Ababa, 2 May 2011.
Gender, livestock and livelihood indicators: An updateILRI
Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck, Jemimah Njuki, Jane Poole, Nancy Johnson, Isabelle Baltenweck, Pamela Pali, Zaibet Lokman and Samuel Mburu at the Livestock and Fish Gender Initiative Meeting, Nairobi, 8-12 June 2015
Understanding perception and drivers to change food safety condition of pork ...ILRI
Poster by Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo, Phuc Pham-Duc, Luong Nguyen-Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Hung Pham-Van, Nga Nguyen-Thi-Duong, Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thu, Delia Grace and Fred Unger presented at the virtual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week 2021, 29 June – 1 July 2021.
This document provides a progress report on work related to global futures and strategic foresight (GFSF) at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It highlights completed work updating parameters for livestock technologies in several countries. It outlines plans to further improve the IMPACT modeling system by validating livestock parameters and testing scenarios related to breeds, feeds, vaccines and policies. Challenges include funding cuts but opportunities exist through collaborations exploring climate change and food-feed interactions.
Presentation by Kebede Amenu, Coen van Wagenberg, Claudia Ganser, James Noah Ssemanda, Arie Havelaar, Kristine Roesel, Biruk Alemu Gemeda, Lina Mego, Donya Madjdian, Theo Knight-Jones at a stakeholder update workshop on Ethiopia food safety research projects, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20 May 2021.
Participatory and quantitative systems modelling approach to animal health ec...ILRI
Presented by Kanar Dizyee to the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) on the proposed Participatory and quantitative systems modelling approach, 15 February 2021.
Application of nuclear and genomic technologies for improving livestock produ...ILRI
Presented by Raphael Mrode at the IAEA International Symposium on Sustainable Animal Production and Health—Current Status and Way Forward, Vienna, 28 June-2 July 2021
Presented by Getnet Assefa (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research) at the Third ACGG Program Management Team Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria, 2 December 2016
Participatory evaluation of cattle fattening innovations of smallholder farm...ILRI
Poster prepared by Azage Tegegne, Yoseph Mekashaand Tesfaye Dubale for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
1) The Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions (TPGS) project aims to characterize local chicken ecotypes, develop improved breeding approaches in partnership with other organizations, and test dissemination mechanisms to deliver more productive and adapted poultry breeds to smallholders.
2) TPGS is currently testing chicken lines and crosses from various breeds on farms in Ghana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, and measuring differences in body weight compared to local chickens.
3) Ongoing indigenous chicken breeding programs in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania are employing BLUP to select for increased body weight, egg number, and survival using local ecotypes identified as priorities in each country.
Value chain actors’ practices associated with the spread of African swine fev...ILRI
Paper presented by Michel Dione, Emily Ouma, Felix Opio, Peter Lule, Brian Kawuma and Danilo Pezo (ILRI) at the Joint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Berlin, 4–8 September 2016
1. Agriculture plays a key role in both undernutrition and overnutrition as well as foodborne diseases and emerging infections. Research is needed to support agricultural approaches to improving food safety from farm to fork.
2. Many health issues are associated with agriculture including 2 billion people with hidden hunger, 5 billion sickened by food each year, and 2 billion exposed to farm hazards. Diseases from zoonotic reservoirs also pose challenges.
3. A farm to fork approach is needed to shift from punishment to prevention of foodborne diseases. Research should map and measure the multiple burdens of foodborne illness and develop innovations, incentives and institutions for better management of food safety.
GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Dr. Berhe Tekola - Director - Animal Production and Health - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
The One Health approach recognizes that human health, animal health, and environmental health are interconnected. It aims to attain optimal health for people, animals, and the environment through collaboration across multiple disciplines. Key agencies like FAO, OIE, and WHO have developed strategic frameworks to foster cooperation between sectors. Case studies demonstrate how delayed or lack of coordination between human and animal health sectors increased costs and impacted control of diseases like Nipah virus. Antimicrobial resistance is another issue that requires a One Health approach.
Research for agricultural approaches in farm to fork management of food safetyILRI
1) Agriculture plays a key role in both undernutrition and overnutrition as well as foodborne diseases through various pathways. Food safety is an issue in wet markets and with toxins that target poor populations.
2) A "farm to fork" approach is needed to address food safety that moves from punishment to prevention and considers zoonotic disease reservoirs.
3) Research is needed to better map and measure the multiple burdens of foodborne diseases and develop innovations, incentives and institutions to support agricultural approaches to improving food safety. This includes training and certifying informal food sector actors and developing appropriate technologies.
One Health and food safety research in developing countriesILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Sinh Dang-Xuan and Rortana Chea at a seminar on 'Food Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance: One Health Perspectives', Battambang, Cambodia, 12 August 2019.
Public health is dependent on animal health in rural areas because poor animal health directly affects the human food supply. Veterinary public health entails the diagnosis, surveillance, epidemiology, control, prevention and elimination of Zoonoses. Unsatisfactory implementation of stringent disease control, meat inspectorate and drug dispensation legislations prevents the efficient production of food of animal origin; creating obstacles to international trade in animals and animal products and hence an impediment to overall socioeconomic development
One Health approaches: Genesis, implementation and best practicesILRI
The document discusses One Health approaches and their implementation. It provides the following key points:
1. One Health aims to achieve optimal health outcomes for humans, animals and the environment through cross-sectoral collaboration. It addresses challenges like zoonotic diseases which affect both human and animal health.
2. Implementing One Health in practice involves mapping disease burdens, ensuring food safety, and understanding barriers and enablers. The "unlucky 13" zoonoses cause billions of cases and millions of deaths annually.
3. There are significant economic benefits to controlling zoonotic diseases through a One Health approach compared to working in isolation. An estimated $137 billion in annual benefits could be gained from a
CGIAR strategy on antimicrobial resistance: ILRI's position on antimicrobial ...ILRI
Presentation by Fred Unger, Delia Grace and Barbara Wieland at a workshop on "Intensifying food systems and health: Emphasis on antimicrobial use in agricultural systems", Jaipur, India, 4–6 April 2018.
Presentation by Delia Grace, Bernard Bett, Christine Atherstone, Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet and Sinh Dang-Xuan at the Australian Veterinary Association Annual Conference, Perth, Australia, 5–10 May 2019.
Dr. Robert Tauxe - Human Health Viewpoint and Setting the Tone for the Antibi...John Blue
Human Health Viewpoint and Setting the Tone for the Antibiotic Symposium - Dr. Robert Tauxe, Deputy Director, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from the 2015 NIAA Antibiotic Symposium - Stewardship: From Metrics to Management, November 3-5, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
More presentations at http://swinecast.com/2015-niaa-symposium-antibiotics-stewardship-from-metrics-to-management
ILRI and ACIAR One Health related research activities in Lao PDRILRI
Presentation by P. Inthavong, B. Khamlome, B. Somoulay, K. Blaszak, A. Okello, H. Holt, K. Graham, J. Allen, P. Durr and J. Gilbert at a One Health symposium conference, Luang Prabang, Laos, 5-6 September 2013.
The document discusses the proposed structure and priorities of the CGIAR Consortium's Megaprograms (MPs). It is proposed that the Consortium will have 7 initial MPs, which may expand to 15, focused on key issues like sustainable agriculture, nutrition, water scarcity, and climate change. The livestock-related proposed MPs include MP3 on staple food productivity increase, which would include a livestock cluster, and MP4 on agriculture, nutrition and health, which would include animal health and food safety research.
This document breaks down the pathway between livestock keeping and human health and nutrition. It discusses how livestock play an important role for resource-poor households in producing food and income. However, the presumed direct link between livestock keeping and improved nutrition is ambiguous, with many reviews finding no clear evidence. The reality involves multiple indirect pathways, including subsistence use of animal foods and products, market sales and purchases, disease transmission, and other complex interactions. An effective pathway approach needs to consider these various context-specific factors and relationships to better understand how livestock may impact nutrition.
One Health Approach to Solve Complex Problems and Improve Livelihoods at the...Global Livestock CRSP
The One Health Approach: Identifying Solutions to Complex Problems at the Livestock-Wildlife Interface. Presented by Health for Animals and Livelihood Improvement Principal Investigators Jon Erickson (University of Vermont) and Rudovick Kazwala (Sokoine University of Agriculture) at the GL-CRSP End of Program Conference, June 17, 2009, Naivasha, Kenya.
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Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Presentation by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 28–30 November 2023.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Poster by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione presented at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 29 November 2023.
A training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in ...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Jef L. Leroy, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of the MoreMilk training, certificati...ILRI
Poster by Silvia Alonso, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Delia Grace and Jef L. Leroy presented at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Preventing the next pandemic: a 12-slide primer on emerging zoonotic diseasesILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
Preventing preventable diseases: a 12-slide primer on foodborne diseaseILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Preventing a post-antibiotic era: a 12-slide primer on antimicrobial resistanceILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help enhance one's emotional well-being and mental clarity.
Food safety research in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at the first technical meeting to launch the Food Safety Working Group under the One Health Partnership framework, Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 September 2023
The Food Safety Working Group (FSWG) in Vietnam was created in 2015 at the request of the Deputy Prime Minister to address food safety issues in the country. It brings together government agencies, ministries, and development partners to facilitate joint policy dialogue and improve food safety. Over eight years of operations led by different organizations, the FSWG has contributed to various initiatives. However, it faces challenges of diminished government participation over time and dependence on active members. Going forward, it will strengthen its operations by integrating under Vietnam's One Health Partnership framework to better engage stakeholders and achieve policy impacts.
Reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira species in UgandaILRI
Presentation by Lordrick Alinaitwe, Martin Wainaina, Salome Dürr, Clovice Kankya, Velma Kivali, James Bugeza, Martin Richter, Kristina Roesel, Annie Cook and Anne Mayer-Scholl at the University of Bern Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 29 June 2023.
Assessing meat microbiological safety and associated handling practices in bu...ILRI
Presentation by Patricia Koech, Winnie Ogutu, Linnet Ochieng, Delia Grace, George Gitao, Lily Bebora, Max Korir, Florence Mutua and Arshnee Moodley at the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Ecological factors associated with abundance and distribution of mosquito vec...ILRI
Poster by Max Korir, Joel Lutomiah and Bernard Bett presented the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Practices and drivers of antibiotic use in Kenyan smallholder dairy farmsILRI
Poster by Lydiah Kisoo, Dishon M. Muloi, Walter Oguta, Daisy Ronoh, Lynn Kirwa, James Akoko, Eric Fèvre, Arshnee Moodley and Lillian Wambua presented at Tropentag 2023, Berlin, Germany, 20–22 September 2023.
PPT on Direct Seeded Rice presented at the three-day 'Training and Validation Workshop on Modules of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies in South Asia' workshop on April 22, 2024.
Travis Hills of MN is Making Clean Water Accessible to All Through High Flux ...Travis Hills MN
By harnessing the power of High Flux Vacuum Membrane Distillation, Travis Hills from MN envisions a future where clean and safe drinking water is accessible to all, regardless of geographical location or economic status.
Anti-Universe And Emergent Gravity and the Dark UniverseSérgio Sacani
Recent theoretical progress indicates that spacetime and gravity emerge together from the entanglement structure of an underlying microscopic theory. These ideas are best understood in Anti-de Sitter space, where they rely on the area law for entanglement entropy. The extension to de Sitter space requires taking into account the entropy and temperature associated with the cosmological horizon. Using insights from string theory, black hole physics and quantum information theory we argue that the positive dark energy leads to a thermal volume law contribution to the entropy that overtakes the area law precisely at the cosmological horizon. Due to the competition between area and volume law entanglement the microscopic de Sitter states do not thermalise at sub-Hubble scales: they exhibit memory effects in the form of an entropy displacement caused by matter. The emergent laws of gravity contain an additional ‘dark’ gravitational force describing the ‘elastic’ response due to the entropy displacement. We derive an estimate of the strength of this extra force in terms of the baryonic mass, Newton’s constant and the Hubble acceleration scale a0 = cH0, and provide evidence for the fact that this additional ‘dark gravity force’ explains the observed phenomena in galaxies and clusters currently attributed to dark matter.
Mending Clothing to Support Sustainable Fashion_CIMaR 2024.pdfSelcen Ozturkcan
Ozturkcan, S., Berndt, A., & Angelakis, A. (2024). Mending clothing to support sustainable fashion. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference by the Consortium for International Marketing Research (CIMaR), 10-13 Jun 2024, University of Gävle, Sweden.
Immersive Learning That Works: Research Grounding and Paths ForwardLeonel Morgado
We will metaverse into the essence of immersive learning, into its three dimensions and conceptual models. This approach encompasses elements from teaching methodologies to social involvement, through organizational concerns and technologies. Challenging the perception of learning as knowledge transfer, we introduce a 'Uses, Practices & Strategies' model operationalized by the 'Immersive Learning Brain' and ‘Immersion Cube’ frameworks. This approach offers a comprehensive guide through the intricacies of immersive educational experiences and spotlighting research frontiers, along the immersion dimensions of system, narrative, and agency. Our discourse extends to stakeholders beyond the academic sphere, addressing the interests of technologists, instructional designers, and policymakers. We span various contexts, from formal education to organizational transformation to the new horizon of an AI-pervasive society. This keynote aims to unite the iLRN community in a collaborative journey towards a future where immersive learning research and practice coalesce, paving the way for innovative educational research and practice landscapes.
Discovery of An Apparent Red, High-Velocity Type Ia Supernova at 𝐳 = 2.9 wi...Sérgio Sacani
We present the JWST discovery of SN 2023adsy, a transient object located in a host galaxy JADES-GS
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The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
_Extraction of Ethylene oxide and 2-Chloroethanol from alternate matrices Li...LucyHearn1
How do you know your food is safe?
Last Friday was world World Food Safety Day, facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in which the slogan rightly says, 'food safety is everyone's business'. Due to this, I thought it would be worth sharing some data that I have worked on in this field!
Working at Markes International has really opened my eyes (and unfortunately my friends and family 🤣) to food safety and quality, especially with my recent application work on ethylene oxide and 2-chloroethanol residues in foodstuffs, as of the biggest global food recalls in history was and is still being implemented by the Rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF) in 2021, for high levels of these carcinogenic compounds.
_Extraction of Ethylene oxide and 2-Chloroethanol from alternate matrices Li...
ILRI program outline: Animal and Human Health
1. ILRI program outline: Animal and
Human Health
Vish Nene and Delia Grace
ILRI Institute Planning Meeting
4-7 October 2016
2. Animal and human health – AHH – a DRAFT
Bring health-related activities under one program at ILRI
Promote a trans-disciplinary approach to health:
To increase the productivity of tropical livestock through better animal health
To reduce the negative impacts of agriculture on human health
(To improve animal, human and ecosystem health = one health)
Current thematic areas of research at ILRI
Vaccines & diagnostics
Herd health
Zoonoses & EID
Food safety
3. Animal and human health – AHH
CRP phase two mapping
Herd health
Vaccines
and
diagnostics
Zoonoses and
EID
Food Safety
A4NH Livestock
5. Animal and human health – AHH
cross ILRI program/CRP linkages
Overlaps with ILRI programs
Many!
Other CRP alignments
Agri food systems
CRP Livestock: Feed, Genes, LAFS, environment
CRP Fish
Global integrating programs
A4NH – Food systems for healthier diets
CCAFS – Climate smart technologies & practices
Big data
6. Nairobi
• David
• Ken
• Daisy
Vaccine Biosciences & Tick Unit: Who,
where, what?
African swine fever (ASF)
Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF)
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
Rift Valley Fever (RVF)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP)
East Coast fever (ECF)
Ticks (and tick-borne pathogens)
Nairobi
• Vish
• Lucilla
• Nick
• Anna
• Sam
• Anne
• Elise
• Flavio
• Annie
Nairobi
• Elias
• Rosemary
• Stephen
• Benjamin
• John
• Liz
• Thomas
• Gecharicha
• Cecilia
• Jared
• Robert
• Stephen
• Naftaly
• Milton
• Mary
7. Herd health team: Who, where, what?
Aims to understand impact of infectious and non-infectious diseases
on livestock productivity in smallholder systems worldwide and to
develop interventions to address these constraints
Disease
constraints,
production risks
and resulting
burden
Interventions at herd
level: prevention,
food safety, welfare,
AM use, husbandry
Interventions at
national/regional
level: control
programs,
surveillance
Access to AH
services: gender
sensitive, novel
business models
ONEHEALTH
CAPACITY
Addis
• Barbara
• Biruk
• Hiwot
Kenya/Tz
• Henry
Uganda/Mali
• Michel
8. Food Safety Zoonoses: Who, where, what?
Food safety
Food borne disease in CRP L&F value chains
Aflatoxins in ASF, and as productivity constraint
Emerging infectious disease
Disease and land use change especially VBD & irrigation
Priority diseases: HPAI, Ebola
AMR pathogens and AM use in livestock
Neglected zoonoses
Lepto, strep suis, brucellosis, cysticercosis, Q fever
Trichinella, erysipelothrix
Animal health & Human Nutrition
Cost of disease, parasites, climate change
Nutrition and animal source foods
Nairobi
• Delia
• Bernard
• Johanna
• Silvia
• Paula
Vietnam
• Hung
• Fred
• Max
• Hu Suk
Uganda
• Kristina
Zambia
• Mwansa
• Theo
India
• Ram
Japan
• Kohei
• Tezira
• Emmanuel
• Nicholas
• Sarah
• Martin
• Thinh
• Wacera
• Ngubia
• Rose
• Caroline
• Mustafa
• Thanh
9. Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases: Who, where, what?
Team of ~20 in Nairobi
Pathogen biology and epidemiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Livestock-human interface
Wildlife interface
Environment and disease transmission
Urban Zoo
Studies from the
microsatellite to the
satellite in space
Nairobi
Busia
Liverpool
London
Edinburgh
Oxford
In 2017+:
A4NH CRP
target
countries
10. Scientists & science support
i
Uganda=2
Kenya =
18 Ethiopia = 3
(2)
India = (1)
Japan
=0.2
Vietnam = 3
Zambia=2
Scientists=31
Support
Communications
Technicians
Research assistants
Administration
Finance
Program management
Drivers
Office cleaning
14. Animal and Human Health
CoA
Priorities
CoA Health
Systems
CoA Vx
Diagnostics
CoA Herd
Health AMR SC Healthy
diets
Upstream
Areas of integration
Upstream
Delivery/impact
Foresight/evidence
3 groups
Delivery/impact
Option 3: Development, delivery/impact, evidence/foresight
Evidence/foresight
HH CoA
Disease in
landscapes
CoA
Zoonoses
CoA AMR
FS CoA
Evidence
FS CoA
Impact
SC Aflatoxins
15. Animal and Human Health
AH CoA Vx
Diagnostics
CoA
Priorities
CoA Health
Systems
CoA Herd
Health AMR
Upstream
Areas of integration
Upstream/ lab
Downstream/ epidemiology
2 groups
Downstream
Option 1: Upstream, downstream
FLAGSHIPS
AH= Animal Health
FS= Food Safety
HH = Improving Human Health
HH CoA
Disease in
landscapes
CoA
Zoonoses
CoA AMR
FS CoA
Evidence
CoA
Impact
SC Aflatoxins
CoA= cluster of
activities
SC= sub cluster of
activities
16. Animal and Human Health
SC Healthy
diets
CoA
Priorities
CoA Health
Systems
CoA Vx
Diagnostics
CoA Herd
Health AMR
CRP Livestock CRP A4NH
Areas of integration
FS Priorities/HH/Health Systems – 4 people
FS Vx Dx – 8 people
FS Human Health –5 people
FS Food Safety – 7/8 people
2, 3 or 4
groups
Option 2: CRP mapped
HH CoA
Disease in
landscapes
CoA
Zoonoses
CoA AMR
FS CoA
Evidence
CoA
Impact
SC Aflatoxins
17. Areas for integration
• What is One Health and what does it means for ILRI
• Hung/ Edward/Anne L/Silvia, Fred, Nicholas
• Making the most of ILRI labs
• Anne L, Nicholas, Johanna, Eric, Anna, Flavio, Michel
• Animal & human health in CRP Livestock value
chains
• Barbara, Kristina, Michel, Annie, Silvia, Paula, Fred
• Product lines from discovery to delivery
• Lucilla/Elisa/Annie/Henry/Ram
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Better livestock health linked with better breeds and feed
Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, TAMU.
A one health lens
Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, TAMU.
A one health lens
Livestock and A4NH CRPs.
Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, TAMU.
A one health lens
Livestock and A4NH CRPs.
Function based: 3 groups
Lab (9); CRP value chains (8); global (7)
Advantage: allows one health and synergies, balanced group. Disadvantage: doesn’t follow CRP, some change in structure
Upstream: Vish, Lucilla, Nicholas, Anne, Anna, Elise, Samuel, Flavio, (Naftaly)
Delivery: Barbara, Michel, Henry, Edward, Silvia, Fred, Hung, (Ram, Kristina)
Foresight/global: Delia, Eric, Annie, Bernard, Johanna, Hung, Hu Suk, (Ulf, Tim, Kohei, Paula)
Function based: 3 groups
Lab (9); CRP value chains (8); global (7)
Advantage: allows one health and synergies, balanced group. Disadvantage: doesn’t follow CRP, some change in structure
Upstream: Vish, Lucilla, Nicholas, Anne, Anna, Elise, Samuel, Flavio, Edward (Naftaly)
Downstream: Delia, Barbara, Michel, Henry, Edward, Silvia, Fred, Hung,, Eric, Annie, Bernard, Johanna, Hung, Hu Suk (Ram, Kristina, Ulf, Tim, Kohei, Paula)
A simple way of organising is 4 sub-groups corresponding to CRP structures.
Advantage: maps onto existing CRP structure, balanced groups. Disadvantage: no synergies or OH, some change in group structure
AH group: Barbara, Michel, Henry, Edward, (Ulf)
VxDx group: Vish, Lucilla, Nicholas, Anne, Anna, Elise, Samuel, Flavio, (Naftaly)
FS group: Delia, Silvia, Johanna, Fred, Hung (Ram, Kohei, Kristina, Paula)
IHH group: Eric, Annie, Bernard, Hu Suk, (Tim)