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Item Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer(Blog Post, 2024-11-05) Lam, Steven; Grace, DeliaItem Improving diagnostics for aflatoxin detection(Brief, 2013) Harvey, Jagger; Gnonlonfin, Benoit; Fletcher, Mary; Fox, Glen; Trowell, Stephen; Berna, Amalia; Nelson, Rebecca; Darnell, RossItem Animals and aflatoxins(Brief, 2013) Grace, DeliaItem Tackling aflatoxins: An overview of challenges and solutions(Brief, 2013) Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Grace, DeliaItem Reducing enteric methane emissions via low-methane forages(Brief, 2024) Arango, Jacobo; Costa, Ciniro; Flintan, Fiona E.; Marshall, Suzie; Mukherji, AditiItem Reducing enteric methane emissions via methane inhibitors(Brief, 2024) Flintan, Fiona E.; Jacobo, Arango; Costa, Ciniro; Marshall, Suzie; Mukherji, AditiItem 2024 Breakthrough Agenda Report: Agriculture(Report, 2024) Mukherji, Aditi ; Marshall, Suzie; Arango, Jacobo; Costa, Ciniro; Flintan, Fiona E. ; Hebebrand, Charlotte; Kihara, Job Maguta; Masso, Cargele; Molloy, Patrick; Rusinamhodzi, Leonard ; Sapkota, Tek Bahadur; Vanlauwe, BernardItem Linear Models for the Prediction of the Genetic Merit of Animals(Book, 2023-10-13) Mrode, Raphael A.; Pocrnic, IvanItem Escaping poverty traps and unlocking prosperity in the face of climate risk: Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance(Book, 2024-06-20) Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Fava, Francesco P.; Mude, Andrew G.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Wandera-Gache, Brenda; Vrieling, Anton; Taye, Masresha; Takahashi, Kazushi; Lung, Felix; Ikegami, Munenobu; Ericksen, Polly J.; Chelanga, Philemon; Chantarat, Sommarat; Carter, Michael; Bashir, Hassan; Banerjee, Rupsha R.This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. General insights are provided on i) the economics of poverty, risk management, and drylands development; ii) the evolving use of modern remote sensing and data science tools in development; iii) the science of scaling; and iv) the value and challenges of integrating research with operational implementation to tackle development and humanitarian challenges in some of the world's poorest regions.Item How will training traders contribute to improved food safety in informal markets for meat and milk? A theory of change analysis(Working Paper, 2015-07-24) Johnson, Nancy L.; Mayne, John; Grace, Delia; Wyatt, Amanda J.Increased consumption of meat, milk, eggs, and fish among poor consumers in developing countries has the potential to improve nutrition as well as drive pro-poor economic development. However, animal-source foods are a major source of food-borne disease. In addition to the health impacts, concerns about food safety can reduce consumption of nutritious foods and reduce market access for smallholders. Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute and partners have developed and piloted an institutional innovation—a training, certification, and branding scheme for informal value chain actors—that has the potential to improve the safety of animal-source foods sold in informal markets. To support further research and, eventually, delivery at scale, this paper develops a theory of change for how the intervention is expected to contribute to better nutrition and health outcomes for consumers. The outcomes along the pathway from intervention to impact are identified, along with the underlying causal assumptions. For each assumption, the existing evidence is summarized and assessed. The results show that for some parts of the impact pathway, outcomes and causal links are well defined and supported by evidence, while for others, the program logic needs to be refined and more evidence gathered to validate hypothesized causal relationships in specific contexts. Addressing these gaps through research and through piloting interventions with development partners can increase the likelihood of achieving expected outcomes and contribute to learning about how to improve the performance of informal markets in developing countries.Item Animal-inclusive community-led total sanitation (A-CLTS)(Brief, 2024-07-01) IMA World HealthWith the support of a generous philanthropic foundation, IMA World Health and its partners conducted an Animal-inclusive Community-led Total Sanitation (A-CLTS) project in Segou, Mali. The project piloted an innovative WASH model that integrated animal waste management into CLTS based on extensive formative research to tailor interventions to the realities of rural Malian households. With partners USCET, the One Health Center at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and leading academic research partners, IMA World Health implemented a community intervention trial and conducted a series of workshops with community members and other key stakeholders to identify A-CLTS behavior change strategies that community members felt they could adopt and that have been demonstrated to impact child and family health elsewhere. This model can be adapted to other contexts as its results are likely relevant to other settings.Item Putting animals on the WASH agenda(Brief, 2024-07-15) Le Deunff, H.Animal species are an integral part of the systems that supply our drinking water and ensure that we live healthy lives. Yet, interventions to promote water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) often fail to consider animals’ roles, needs, and impacts on the services and implications of WASH systems for animals with whom we share water sources. This policy brief proposes pathways to help WASH policymakers, practitioners, and researchers address risks and opportunities at the animal-human-water interface. It shows that WASH programmes applied simultaneously to humans and animals are likely to provide more sustainable results than those centred on humans only and help achieve outcomes in every aspect of life fuelled by water.Item Antibiotic use on Kenya’s dairy farms is putting consumers and animals at risk(Blog Post, 2024-02-21) Muloi, Dishon M.; Moodley, ArshneeItem Three-legged stool model for improving food safety in informal markets in LMICs(Blog Post, 2024-01-08) Kuboka, MaureenItem Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031(Book, 2023-12-15) Leggesse, Getachew; Gelmesa, U.; Jembere, T.; Degefa, T.; Bediye, S.; Teka, T.; Temesgen, D.; Tesfu, Y.; Berhe, A.; Gemeda, L.; Takele, D.; Beyene, G.; Belachew, G.; Hailu, G.; Chemeda, S.Ethiopia has the largest livestock population in Africa. According to a CSA (2021) livestock sample survey, the country possesses 70.3 million cattle, 42.9 million sheep, 52.5 million goats and 8.1 million camels. The livestock sector contributes about 45% of the agricultural GDP, 18.7% of the total national GDP, and 16–19% of the total foreign exchange earnings of the country (Behnke and Metaferia 2011). In Ethiopia, dairy production depends mainly on indigenous livestock genetic resources of cattle, camels and goats. Cattle are the largest contributors to the total national annual milk output, followed by camels (CSA 2021). Ethiopia has a huge potential for dairy development. The large and diverse livestock genetic resources, existence of diverse agro-ecologies suitable for dairy production, increasing domestic demand for milk and milk products, developing market opportunities, and proximity to international markets all contribute to the potential and opportunities for dairy development in the country. However, dairy development has been hampered by multifaceted, production system-specific constraints related to genotype, feed resources and feeding systems, access to services and inputs, and low adoption of improved technologies. An inefficient marketing system and absence of clear policy support, poor access to finance, weak regulatory system to enforce government rules and regulations are also among the systemic constraints to the development of the Ethiopian dairy sector. Moreover, the sector is constrained by poor rural infrastructure, high post-harvest losses, weak value addition and poor product quality and safety. The government of Ethiopia plans to increase milk production four-fold by 2031 through targeted interventions aimed at improving the productivity of dairy cows, camels and goats. Investment in the dairy sector has been prioritized in the ten-year perspective plan of the government. It is anticipated that the plan will contribute to unlocking major bottlenecks in genetics, improved technologies, feeding, health, input and output marketing, value addition, product quality and consumer safety. It is also envisaged to reduce post-harvest loss of milk and milk products and enhance use of improved technologies in the dairy sector. This strategy document aims to guide implementation of the ten-year perspective plan and associated initiatives such as the dairy project in the Ten-in-Ten and Yelemat Tirufat initiatives developed to transform the dairy sub-sector. It highlights key interventions to be implemented in the short-, medium- and long-term plan periods from 2022 to 2031. The document identifies strategic issues and priority interventions in the short-, medium- and long-term in dairy breed improvement, feeds and nutrition, biosecurity and dairy health management, milk quality and safety, dairy business management and market development, investment in commercial farming and processing industry, extension linkage, capacity development and some cross-cutting issues. It also highlights various roles and responsibilities of different actors.Item Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031 (የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ የወተት ሀብት ልማት እስትራቴጂ 2015–2024)(Brief, 2023-12-15) Ministry of Agriculture, EthiopiaItem Ethiopia National Poultry Development Strategy 2022–2031 (የኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ የዶሮ እርባታ ስትራቴጂ ትሩፋቶች)(Brief, 2023-05-30) Ministry of Agriculture, EthiopiaItem A framework for gender-responsive livestock development: Contributing to a world free from hunger, malnutrition, poverty and inequality(Book, 2023) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Livestock Research Institute; International Fund for Agricultural Development; World BankItem Kenya's rabies battle: unmasking the silent scourge(Blog Post, 2023-09-22) Karani, Maurice; Muloi, Dishon; Njenga, Geoffrey; Thomas, Lian F.; Fèvre, Eric M.Item Tapeworm is spreading in Kenya – demand for meat brings parasite to new areas(Blog Post, 2023-10-18) Mutwiri, Titus; Fèvre, Eric M.; Falzon, Laura C.