Presented by Jimmy Smith at the International Conference on Food Security in Africa: Bridging Research and Practice, Sydney, Australia, 29-30 November 2012
Sustainable livelihoods through livestock farming in East AfricaILRI
1. Livestock farming is important for sustainable livelihoods in East Africa, providing livelihoods for 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
2. Interventions to enhance livestock productivity, market access, and reduce risk can help the poor benefit from growing demand for livestock products.
3. Achieving this requires an integrated approach combining technologies, institutional innovations, and enabling policies along value chains.
Crop livestock farming systems research in semi-arid southern Africa IIICRISAT
This document summarizes research on improving crop-livestock farming systems in semi-arid southern Africa. Three key points:
1) Innovation platforms have helped farmers in Marara, Mozambique increase food security and resilience, but need further strengthening to promote learning and realize their full potential.
2) Research is using integrated modeling of climate impacts on crops and livestock to assess benefits of adaptation options for smallholder farms in Zimbabwe under different climate scenarios. This indicates most farmers will lose from climate change without adaptation.
3) Plans for 2016 include strengthening innovation platform facilitation and monitoring, publishing research results, and developing capacity and materials for scaling integrated market-oriented mixed farming systems.
Opportunities for public-private investment in animal health in developing co...ILRI
This document discusses opportunities for public-private investment in animal health in developing countries. It finds that demand for livestock products is growing significantly in developing countries, where smallholder producers will continue to supply the majority of production. Animal health constraints remain a major problem, but as smallholder systems commercialize, their need and demand for animal health inputs will increase. There are opportunities for synergistic public-private investments in animal health that can benefit both smallholder producers and the private sector.
Livestock farming in developing countries: An essential resourceILRI
This document discusses livestock farming in developing countries. It notes that over 600 million of the world's poor depend on livestock, with about 95% living in extreme poverty. Livestock provide essential resources like protein, micronutrients, and income. Demand for livestock is increasing in developing countries, with the poor willing to pay more for quality and safety attributes. Knowledge generation and use can help derive more value from livestock, through market-driven innovation, improved productivity, and better human health and nutrition outcomes. Knowledge is seen as key to helping the poor achieve better lives through livestock.
The document summarizes a conference on new directions for smallholder agriculture. It discusses trends in agriculture including rising productivity and the shift from craft to industry. It examines farming systems in different regions, noting challenges for small farmers like lack of access to credit and markets. The document calls for science and technologies tailored for smallholders, and roles for both the private sector in investment and supply chains, and public sector in knowledge and cooperatives. It concludes with recommendations like increased investment in agriculture and research, and strengthened institutions and entrepreneurship.
This document discusses sustainable development in Africa, focusing on health and wellbeing. It provides examples of how smart agribusiness using new technologies can promote more sustainable development in Africa. These include using satellite imaging, drones, sensors on livestock, and mobile phones to improve efficiency, resilience, and smallholder inclusion in agriculture. International organizations like CGIAR and ILRI are supporting efforts to transform smallholder systems through research, insurance programs, and building scientific capacity in Africa. Overall, the document advocates for development in Africa that promotes sustainability, health, and wellbeing through innovative, inclusive approaches tailored to the African context.
Sustainable livelihoods through livestock farming in East AfricaILRI
1. Livestock farming is important for sustainable livelihoods in East Africa, providing livelihoods for 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
2. Interventions to enhance livestock productivity, market access, and reduce risk can help the poor benefit from growing demand for livestock products.
3. Achieving this requires an integrated approach combining technologies, institutional innovations, and enabling policies along value chains.
Crop livestock farming systems research in semi-arid southern Africa IIICRISAT
This document summarizes research on improving crop-livestock farming systems in semi-arid southern Africa. Three key points:
1) Innovation platforms have helped farmers in Marara, Mozambique increase food security and resilience, but need further strengthening to promote learning and realize their full potential.
2) Research is using integrated modeling of climate impacts on crops and livestock to assess benefits of adaptation options for smallholder farms in Zimbabwe under different climate scenarios. This indicates most farmers will lose from climate change without adaptation.
3) Plans for 2016 include strengthening innovation platform facilitation and monitoring, publishing research results, and developing capacity and materials for scaling integrated market-oriented mixed farming systems.
Opportunities for public-private investment in animal health in developing co...ILRI
This document discusses opportunities for public-private investment in animal health in developing countries. It finds that demand for livestock products is growing significantly in developing countries, where smallholder producers will continue to supply the majority of production. Animal health constraints remain a major problem, but as smallholder systems commercialize, their need and demand for animal health inputs will increase. There are opportunities for synergistic public-private investments in animal health that can benefit both smallholder producers and the private sector.
Livestock farming in developing countries: An essential resourceILRI
This document discusses livestock farming in developing countries. It notes that over 600 million of the world's poor depend on livestock, with about 95% living in extreme poverty. Livestock provide essential resources like protein, micronutrients, and income. Demand for livestock is increasing in developing countries, with the poor willing to pay more for quality and safety attributes. Knowledge generation and use can help derive more value from livestock, through market-driven innovation, improved productivity, and better human health and nutrition outcomes. Knowledge is seen as key to helping the poor achieve better lives through livestock.
The document summarizes a conference on new directions for smallholder agriculture. It discusses trends in agriculture including rising productivity and the shift from craft to industry. It examines farming systems in different regions, noting challenges for small farmers like lack of access to credit and markets. The document calls for science and technologies tailored for smallholders, and roles for both the private sector in investment and supply chains, and public sector in knowledge and cooperatives. It concludes with recommendations like increased investment in agriculture and research, and strengthened institutions and entrepreneurship.
This document discusses sustainable development in Africa, focusing on health and wellbeing. It provides examples of how smart agribusiness using new technologies can promote more sustainable development in Africa. These include using satellite imaging, drones, sensors on livestock, and mobile phones to improve efficiency, resilience, and smallholder inclusion in agriculture. International organizations like CGIAR and ILRI are supporting efforts to transform smallholder systems through research, insurance programs, and building scientific capacity in Africa. Overall, the document advocates for development in Africa that promotes sustainability, health, and wellbeing through innovative, inclusive approaches tailored to the African context.
William Wolmer: Rural development and Livestock : Trends, Challenges and Oppo...STEPS Centre
A presentation given by William Wolmer at a workshop in Botswana in November 2008. The presentation explores achieving compatibility between the Transfrontier Conservation Area concept and international standards for the management of Transboundary Animal Diseases. This is part of our Veterinary Science, Transboundary Animal Diseases and Markets project. Find out more at: http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/vetscience.html
Sustainable livestock insurance for pastoralists: From research to practice a...ILRI
This document discusses index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) as a tool to help pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa manage risks from drought. It notes that over 50 million pastoralists depend on livestock for their livelihoods but face major losses from drought. IBLI uses satellite data on vegetation levels rather than individual livestock losses to trigger payouts when forage is low. The document outlines the development and testing of IBLI contracts in Kenya and Ethiopia, challenges in scaling up adoption, and factors influencing uptake like price, contract design, and household characteristics.
Livestock science with the end in mind: Discovering and delivering solutions ...ILRI
The document discusses opportunities and challenges in the livestock sector in developing countries. Demand for meat, milk, and eggs is growing rapidly due to population growth, urbanization, and rising incomes. However, the livestock sector receives less than 1% of development funding despite contributing at least 40% of agricultural GDP. Livestock research can help strengthen livelihoods, mitigate environmental impacts, and ensure a sustainable supply of nutritious animal-source foods. Solutions are needed to improve animal health and production efficiency while addressing climate change and environmental issues in a fact-based manner.
Presentation by Dr Sikhalazo Dube from ILRI, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Presentation by Dr Olu Ajayi from CTA, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Technical Consortium (TC) for ending drought emergencies and building res...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, Shirley Tarawali, Polly Ericksen and Katie Downie at the 2nd Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), 28 October 2012
Presentation by Daniel Chiwandamira from DPC & Associates, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Scaling up animal source food production to sustainably meet growing demand i...ILRI
Presented by Steve Staal, ILRI, at the Workshop on Aligning the Food Systems for Improved Nutrition in Animal Source Foods, University of California, 13-14 May 2019
Landcare food security and value chains in East AfricaACIAR
1) The document discusses using a Landcare approach and value chains to improve food security in East Africa. It provides examples of farmer groups in Kenya focusing on landcare and business opportunities.
2) Farmer groups have potential to engage in value chains at various points from production to marketing but many lack business, financial, and technology skills. Partnerships with organizations are important for providing training, research and enabling policies.
3) A proposed next step is a scoping study in Kenya to pilot applying a broader landcare approach along agricultural marketing chains and identify areas for further research to strengthen smallholder food security.
Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop-livestock systems in devel...ILRI
Presented by Shirley Tarawali, Mario Herrero, Katrien Descheemaeker, Elaine Grings and Michael Blümmel at the Workshop on the Assessment for sustainable development of animal production systems, 3 November 2011.
This document outlines a discussion on the future of food in 2040. It presents a hypothesis that global wealth creation will drive demand for functional foods that align with consumer health and wellness strategies. The objective is to define opportunities arising from convergence of multiple interacting factors in the food system. Outcomes will include stakeholders activating action plans incorporating this new vision of how they can benefit from advances in food. The discussion will cover topics like emerging technologies, consumer trends in Asia, the competitive landscape, infrastructure changes, and environmental impacts of global growth.
The document discusses the need to increase funding for adaptation of African agriculture to climate change. It notes that African agriculture currently receives less than 5% of total climate funds despite the continent accounting for over 20% of the world's population. The "AAA Initiative" is proposed to leverage climate finance instruments to increase dedicated funding for projects that improve agricultural productivity, water management, soil management, and capacity building in Africa. This would help adapt African agriculture to climate change while achieving benefits like increased food security and reduced emissions.
This document summarizes Shenggen Fan's presentation on challenges facing global food systems and recommendations to address them in a sustainable way. It outlines issues like 815 million people facing hunger, 155 million children stunted, and 2.1 billion overweight/obese. Rapid population growth and other trends are impacting agriculture. It recommends encouraging trade, investing in technologies to benefit health and environment, prioritizing policies for nutrition and sustainability, closing gender gaps, and promoting inclusive value chains and governance.
Better lives through livestock: ILRI’s livestock research for development app...ILRI
Presented by Boleslaw Stawicki at the Workshop on transforming livelihoods in South Asia through sustainable livestock research and development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 13-14 November 2018
Livestock in ASEAN countries: Animal and human health and value chainsILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger and Delia Grace at a webinar on 'The future of farming: Opportunities for Irish agritech in Southeast Asia', 27 May 2021.
This document provides guidance for promoting responsible agricultural supply chains. It discusses why businesses should adopt responsible business conduct practices to obtain and retain their social license to operate, reduce risks, protect and create value, and facilitate participation in global value chains. It also outlines several existing standards for responsible business conduct related to issues like human rights, labor rights, land tenure rights, and environmental sustainability. The guidance advocates for a risk-based due diligence approach and provides an example of risk mitigation measures related to land tenure rights. It proposes applying this framework to all enterprises along agricultural supply chains.
Presentation by Dr Joyce Mitti from FAO Zimbabwe, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Introducing some ILRI and CGIAR activities in EthiopiaILRI
Presented by Siboniso Moyo, Barbara Wieland, Carlo Fadda (Bioversity International), Simon Langan (IWMI), Andrew Mude and Peter Ballantyne at the SDC visit to the ILRI Ethiopia campus, 16 July 2015
El colegio cuenta con varios elementos tecnológicos como una cámara digital, internet wifi, un televisor plasma, tabletas digitales y portátiles para mejorar la educación.
William Wolmer: Rural development and Livestock : Trends, Challenges and Oppo...STEPS Centre
A presentation given by William Wolmer at a workshop in Botswana in November 2008. The presentation explores achieving compatibility between the Transfrontier Conservation Area concept and international standards for the management of Transboundary Animal Diseases. This is part of our Veterinary Science, Transboundary Animal Diseases and Markets project. Find out more at: http://www.steps-centre.org/ourresearch/vetscience.html
Sustainable livestock insurance for pastoralists: From research to practice a...ILRI
This document discusses index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) as a tool to help pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa manage risks from drought. It notes that over 50 million pastoralists depend on livestock for their livelihoods but face major losses from drought. IBLI uses satellite data on vegetation levels rather than individual livestock losses to trigger payouts when forage is low. The document outlines the development and testing of IBLI contracts in Kenya and Ethiopia, challenges in scaling up adoption, and factors influencing uptake like price, contract design, and household characteristics.
Livestock science with the end in mind: Discovering and delivering solutions ...ILRI
The document discusses opportunities and challenges in the livestock sector in developing countries. Demand for meat, milk, and eggs is growing rapidly due to population growth, urbanization, and rising incomes. However, the livestock sector receives less than 1% of development funding despite contributing at least 40% of agricultural GDP. Livestock research can help strengthen livelihoods, mitigate environmental impacts, and ensure a sustainable supply of nutritious animal-source foods. Solutions are needed to improve animal health and production efficiency while addressing climate change and environmental issues in a fact-based manner.
Presentation by Dr Sikhalazo Dube from ILRI, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Presentation by Dr Olu Ajayi from CTA, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Technical Consortium (TC) for ending drought emergencies and building res...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, Shirley Tarawali, Polly Ericksen and Katie Downie at the 2nd Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), 28 October 2012
Presentation by Daniel Chiwandamira from DPC & Associates, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Scaling up animal source food production to sustainably meet growing demand i...ILRI
Presented by Steve Staal, ILRI, at the Workshop on Aligning the Food Systems for Improved Nutrition in Animal Source Foods, University of California, 13-14 May 2019
Landcare food security and value chains in East AfricaACIAR
1) The document discusses using a Landcare approach and value chains to improve food security in East Africa. It provides examples of farmer groups in Kenya focusing on landcare and business opportunities.
2) Farmer groups have potential to engage in value chains at various points from production to marketing but many lack business, financial, and technology skills. Partnerships with organizations are important for providing training, research and enabling policies.
3) A proposed next step is a scoping study in Kenya to pilot applying a broader landcare approach along agricultural marketing chains and identify areas for further research to strengthen smallholder food security.
Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop-livestock systems in devel...ILRI
Presented by Shirley Tarawali, Mario Herrero, Katrien Descheemaeker, Elaine Grings and Michael Blümmel at the Workshop on the Assessment for sustainable development of animal production systems, 3 November 2011.
This document outlines a discussion on the future of food in 2040. It presents a hypothesis that global wealth creation will drive demand for functional foods that align with consumer health and wellness strategies. The objective is to define opportunities arising from convergence of multiple interacting factors in the food system. Outcomes will include stakeholders activating action plans incorporating this new vision of how they can benefit from advances in food. The discussion will cover topics like emerging technologies, consumer trends in Asia, the competitive landscape, infrastructure changes, and environmental impacts of global growth.
The document discusses the need to increase funding for adaptation of African agriculture to climate change. It notes that African agriculture currently receives less than 5% of total climate funds despite the continent accounting for over 20% of the world's population. The "AAA Initiative" is proposed to leverage climate finance instruments to increase dedicated funding for projects that improve agricultural productivity, water management, soil management, and capacity building in Africa. This would help adapt African agriculture to climate change while achieving benefits like increased food security and reduced emissions.
This document summarizes Shenggen Fan's presentation on challenges facing global food systems and recommendations to address them in a sustainable way. It outlines issues like 815 million people facing hunger, 155 million children stunted, and 2.1 billion overweight/obese. Rapid population growth and other trends are impacting agriculture. It recommends encouraging trade, investing in technologies to benefit health and environment, prioritizing policies for nutrition and sustainability, closing gender gaps, and promoting inclusive value chains and governance.
Better lives through livestock: ILRI’s livestock research for development app...ILRI
Presented by Boleslaw Stawicki at the Workshop on transforming livelihoods in South Asia through sustainable livestock research and development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 13-14 November 2018
Livestock in ASEAN countries: Animal and human health and value chainsILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger and Delia Grace at a webinar on 'The future of farming: Opportunities for Irish agritech in Southeast Asia', 27 May 2021.
This document provides guidance for promoting responsible agricultural supply chains. It discusses why businesses should adopt responsible business conduct practices to obtain and retain their social license to operate, reduce risks, protect and create value, and facilitate participation in global value chains. It also outlines several existing standards for responsible business conduct related to issues like human rights, labor rights, land tenure rights, and environmental sustainability. The guidance advocates for a risk-based due diligence approach and provides an example of risk mitigation measures related to land tenure rights. It proposes applying this framework to all enterprises along agricultural supply chains.
Presentation by Dr Joyce Mitti from FAO Zimbabwe, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
Introducing some ILRI and CGIAR activities in EthiopiaILRI
Presented by Siboniso Moyo, Barbara Wieland, Carlo Fadda (Bioversity International), Simon Langan (IWMI), Andrew Mude and Peter Ballantyne at the SDC visit to the ILRI Ethiopia campus, 16 July 2015
El colegio cuenta con varios elementos tecnológicos como una cámara digital, internet wifi, un televisor plasma, tabletas digitales y portátiles para mejorar la educación.
Logarithms are defined as the exponent to which a base must be raised to equal the value of the term, with logarithms and exponents essentially being two ways to express the same concept. Logarithms cannot be taken of zero or negative numbers, and logarithmic expressions must be rewritten in exponential form to solve for the variable.
James Fox will produce a photography project on the architecture of Salford Quays. He plans to take 10 diverse images and may edit certain elements to enhance their appearance. He is inspired by the work of photographers like Ansel Adams for his skills and zone system technique. David Hockney's photomontages also inspire Fox, as Hockney created new photographic styles. Galen Rowell's drive to capture the perfect landscape moment further motivates Fox. He will use a DSLR camera for its control and image quality, applying techniques like framing and rule of thirds. The date, time and location for the shoot is November 19th from 9:30-12:30 at Salford Quays
The document discusses problems involving rational functions and their graphs. It asks the reader to write an equation for a rational function f(x) that has a point of discontinuity at x=2 and an asymptote at x=4. It also asks what must be true about an original function g(x) if a new function y=g(x) is created without any vertical asymptotes. Finally, it asks the reader to sketch the graph of the rational function (x+3)/(x^2-4).
ARXivar per BIA: Organizzazione documentazione amministrativa, produttiva e d...ARXivar
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Arxivar per Bindi, gestione processi tentata vendita e qualitàARXivar
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Grazie ad ARXivar l’azienda ha potuto contare su una soluzione completa per gestire: l’archiviazione e conservazione dei documenti amministrativi, il processo di tentata vendita, il processo di certificazione della qualità.
ARXivar per Unieuro: Gestione digitale dei DDTARXivar
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Livestock research for Africa’s food security and poverty reductionILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, Shirley Tarawali, Iain Wright, Suzanne Bertrand, Polly Ericksen, Delia Grace and Ethel Makila at a side event at the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week, Accra, Ghana, 15-20 July 2013
ILRI's strategy focuses on using livestock research to improve food security and reduce poverty in Africa. It has three strategic objectives: 1) develop and promote sustainable, scalable practices that improve lives through livestock; 2) provide scientific evidence to persuade decision-makers to invest more in livestock; and 3) increase stakeholders' capacity to make better use of livestock science and investments. Key research areas include addressing the biomass crisis in intensifying smallholder systems, managing vulnerability and risk in drylands, improving food safety and addressing aflatoxins, advancing vaccine biosciences, and mobilizing biosciences to achieve food security in Africa. ILRI aims to prove livestock's potential, influence investment, and ensure sufficient capacity to effectively use
And what should we do today? Developing a research-for-development agenda for...ILRI
The document discusses opportunities for livestock research to support development goals in developing countries. It identifies three trajectories for livestock systems - "strong growth", "fragile growth", and "high growth with externalities" - and discusses opportunities within each trajectory. For systems with strong growth, research could focus on sustainable intensification and market access. For fragile systems, research could enhance resilience. For high-growth systems, managing environmental and health risks is a priority. The document advocates for research with stakeholders and a theory of change to achieve impact at scale.
Livestock research contributions to the SDGs—Starting with the End in Mind: R...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith, ILRI Director General, at the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health 2017 Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, 26–29 September 2017
Better lives through livestock: ILRI in SADC Region ILRI
Presented by Amos Omore and Sikhalazo Dube at the Virtual Food Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) / International Cooperating Partner (ICP) Group Meeting on Agriculture and Food Security. Gaborone, Botswana, 7 October 2020.
Innovations and incentives in agricultural research for poor countries ILRI
Presented by Delia Grace and Tom Randolph at the third annual conference on Agricultural Research for Development: Innovations and Incentives, Uppsala, Sweden, 26-27 September 2012
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Sponsored by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and with projects funded by BMGF, DFID and EC.
Pro-poor focus: working with key partners to make a sustainable difference in access to animal health products for poor livestock keepers
Transforming the global food systems: Challenges and opportunitiesILRI
This document summarizes a presentation given by Jimmy Smith, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute, on challenges and opportunities in transforming global food systems. It discusses four key areas: food and nutrition security, livelihoods and economic growth, human health, and environmental health. For each area, it outlines challenges such as malnutrition, lack of access to nutritious animal-source foods, threats from zoonotic diseases, and greenhouse gas emissions from livestock. It also proposes opportunities through livestock research, such as increasing productivity to boost food and income, improving food safety, controlling diseases at the animal source to prevent pandemics, and making livestock production more environmentally sustainable.
How can Animal Biotechnology contribute to Agenda 2063, ST&I Strategy for Afr...ILRI
Animal biotechnology can help achieve development goals in Africa by increasing livestock productivity, improving animal health and resilience, and reducing environmental impacts. Key applications include developing disease-resistant animals, improving feed digestibility and reproduction, and selecting animals that produce less methane. Strengthening partnerships, regulatory systems, and Africa's own innovation capacities will be important to facilitate use of animal biotechnology for sustainable development.
The future of sustainable livestock systems in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
Presented by Shirley Tarawali at the Expert dialogue: The future of sustainable agriculture. Let’s think about… livestock, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 28 June 2022
Informing tomorrow's livestock science: Opportunities to transform food syste...ILRI
Presented by Anna Okello, Research Program Manager, Livestock Systems ACIAR at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 11−13 November 2019
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.
A gentle push towards improved hygiene and food safety through ‘nudge’ interv...ILRI
Poster by Kristina Roesel, Steven Kakooza, Memory Chirwa, Denis Mugizi, Joshua Waiswa, Velma Kivali, James Bugeza, Dorothée Étienne, Imara Roychowdhury, Lillian Diaz and Elizabeth Cook presented at Tropentag 2023, Berlin, Germany, 20–22 September 2023.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
Northern Engraving | Nameplate Manufacturing Process - 2024Northern Engraving
Manufacturing custom quality metal nameplates and badges involves several standard operations. Processes include sheet prep, lithography, screening, coating, punch press and inspection. All decoration is completed in the flat sheet with adhesive and tooling operations following. The possibilities for creating unique durable nameplates are endless. How will you create your brand identity? We can help!
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
Sustainable and productive farming systems: The livestock sector
1. Sustainable and productive farming
systems
The livestock sector
Jimmy Smith
International Conference on Food Security in Africa: Bridging Research
and Practice, Sydney, Australia
29-30 November 2012
2. % growth in demand for livestock products
2000 - 2030
Livestock production and marketing essential – 1 billion
80% livestock products from informal markets and small farms 2
1.3 billion people employed in livestock value chains
FAO, 2012
3. A balanced diet for 9 billion:
Importance of livestock
Enough food: much of the
World’s meat, milk and cereals
comes from developing country
livestock based systems
Wholesome food: Small
amounts of livestock products –
huge impact on cognitive
development, immunity and
well being
Livelihoods: 80% of the poor in
Africa keep livestock which
contribute at least one third of
the annual income and
contribute a variety of other
benefits. The role of women in
raising animals, processing and
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selling their products is
essential.
4. Transformative partnerships and smallholders
A positive transition of the livestock sector demands:
– Technological solutions
– Institutional solutions
• Innovative institutional arrangements to mitigate vulnerability: “safety
nets” – IBLI
• Facilitating access to markets, inputs and services
4
5. Providing “Safety Nets” through the
market: Index Based Livestock Insurance
(IBLI)
Aim: To generate a critical mass of informed
pastoralists purchasing effective IBLI contracts that
are mediated by a capacitated insurance industry
within a supportive policy and institutional
environment
• Protection against drought-related livestock
mortality: the greatest source of risk
• An alternative to food/cash aid: a productive
safety-net offering compensation in the event of
loss
• Market mediation with local and international
insurance companies.
• Innovative institutional arrangements to
integrate:
• commercial interests, academic and technical institutions,
governments and regulators, NGOs and development
agents
6. Solution driven R4D to achieve impact –
demands transformative and novel
partnerships
R4D integrated to transform selected value chains
In targeted commodities and countries.
Consumers
Major intervention with development partners
Value chain development team + research partners
Strategic Cross-cutting Platforms
• Technology Generation
• Market Innovation
• Targeting & Impact
INTERVENTIONS TO GLOBAL RESEARCH
SCALE OUT REGIONALLY PUBLIC GOODS
7. Key messages: opportunities
Livestock for nutrition and food security:
– Direct – 17% global kilocalories; 33% protein; contribute food for 830 million food
insecure. Demand for all livestock products will rise by more than 100% in the next 30
years, poultry especially so (170% in Africa)
– Indirect – livelihoods for almost 1 billion, two thirds women
Small scale crop livestock systems (less than 2ha; 2 TLU) provide 50-75%
total livestock and staple food production in Africa and Asia and provide
the greatest opportunity for research to impact on a trajectory of growth
that is inclusive – equitable, economically and environmentally sustainable
That requires research that enhances understanding and targeting options
and provides biophysical and institutional solutions that must be combined
to enhance the transition of today’s smallholder livestock farms through
inclusive growth to be a vibrant part of the food, poverty alleviation,
environmental and health solutions for the future
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8. Research
Biophysical research
• Addressing productivity (feed-breed-health)
• Enhancing efficient animal production – environmental issues
• Addressing and informing livestock-human nutrition
• Disease challenges
• Practical environmental solutions
Institutional
• Incentives, institutional and partnership arrangements for
environmental stewardship and risk mitigation – payment for
ecosystem services; insurance
• Equitable, gender balanced market and service provision models
• Business enterprise models
• Evidence to guide public and private sector roles and investments in
livestock
Livestock systems transition
• An opportunity to address future food needs
• Diversity of starting points and solutions
• Research-for-development to address transition:
– Environmentally, socially, economically equitable and sustainable -
INCLUSIVE
10. better lives through livestock
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