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Effects of livestock feed sourcing and feeding strategies on livestock water productivity in mixed crop–livestock systems of the Blue Nile basin highlands of Ethiopia by Eba, Bedasa, Haileslassie, Amare, Animut, G., Duncan, Alan J., Peden, Donald G.

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Introduction to International Livestock Research Institute’s agenda for climate change adaptation in livestock systems by International Livestock Research Institute

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Livestock Investment Master Plan (LIVEMAP): A continental database of livestock technologies and solutions by African Development Bank, International Livestock Research Institute, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Organisation for Animal Health, African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources, IGAD Centre For Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, International Food Policy Research Institute

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The International Livestock Research Institute: research to understand and promote the roles of livestock in poverty reduction by Perry, Brian D.

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Entry Points to Improve Livestock Water Productivity in Selected Forage Based Livestock Systems by Haileslassie, Amare, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Blümmel, Michael, Craufurd, Peter Q., Ergano, Kebebe

“…Agricultural production is challenged by increasing water scarcity and simultaneously growing demands for food and feed. Globally livestock feed sourcing is seen as one of the major causes for water depletion, and therefore increasing livestock water productivity (LWP) is necessary. …”
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CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate contributing to government stocktaking on climate change and livestock by Spinelli, Madison, Njuguna, Lucy

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Tom Randolph (Director of CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish), on the Livestock and Fish CRP by Randolph, Thomas F.

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Opportunities and limitations of food-feed crops for livestock feeding and implications for livestock-water productivity by Blümmel, Michael, Samad, M., Singh, Om Prakash, Amede, Tilahun

“…The paper discusses the contribution of crop residues (CR) to feed resources in the context of the water productivity of CR in livestock feeding, using India as an example. It is argued that crop residues are already the single most important feed resource in many livestock production systems in developing countries and that increasing their contribution to livestock feeding needs to be linked to improving their fodder quality. …”
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Ethiopian livestock feed (ELF) project: Fodder and feed in livestock value chains in Ethiopia by Duncan, Alan J.

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Livestock and fish genetics component: Background proposals for the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish by International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, WorldFish, International Livestock Research Institute, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Evidence for Resilience Livestock (ERL): Livestock Feed Nutritional Metea-dataset from Africa by Steward, Peter Richard, Joshi, Namita, Rosenstock, Todd Stuart

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Status of mobility of livestock in Ethiopia: Mapping of livestock routes and case studies on mobility blockages by Said, Mohammed Yahya, Nganga, Irene, Getahun, Yasin, Muyizzi, Julius, Flintan, Fiona E.

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The changing global livestock production scene: daunting challenges or unprecedented opportunities for livestock research by Tarawali, Shirley A., Wright, Iain A.

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Livestock, livelihoods and vulnerability in Lesotho, Malawi and Zambia: designing livestock interventions for emergency situations by Freeman, H.A., Kaitibie, S., Moyo, Siboniso, Perry, Brian D.

“…This study assesses the contributions of livestock to risk management and coping strategies and to identify livestock-centred interventions that can be used to save lives and livelihoods in crisis and emergency situations in selected countries of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). …”
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Analyses of household specific transaction cost factors in livestock and livestock outputs markets in Ethiopia by Jaleta, Moti, Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Jemaneh, S., Bogale, A.

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Trypanotolerant livestock, a sustainable option for increasing livestock production in tsetse-affected areas by D'Ieteren, G.D.M.

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Developing Index Based Livestock Insurance for managing livestock asset risks in Northern Kenya by Chantarat, S., Barrett, Christopher B., Mude, Andrew G.

“…This study develops an index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) product for managing key livestock asset risks of pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands of northern Kenya, where insurance markets are effectively absent and uninsured risk exposure is a main cause of persistent poverty. …”
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Integrated livestock management using participatory methodology: The example of livestock farmer field schools by Minjauw, B., Romney, Dannie L.

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LivestockPlus: supporting low emission development for livestock sector in Costa Rica and Colombia by Rao, Idupulapati M., Andreas, Jenet, Jeimar, Tapasco, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Rosenstock, Todd S., Twyman, Jennifer, Läderach, Peter R.D., Peters, Michael, Arango, Jacobo, Hyman, Glenn G., Rolando, Barahona, Vivas Quila, Nelson J., Plazas, Camilo, Chacón, Mauricio

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Should intensification remain the core driver of livestock improvement initiatives with the Livestock and Fish Program by Blümmel, Michael

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