CoP Livestock

Livestock intensification and integration (Champion: Augustine Ayantunde, ILRI) Go back to the Communities of Practice main page

This is a bit like the case for a nutrition CoP. We do different things in different places based on interest and availability of researchers and partners (feed, health, housing, ruminants, pigs, poultry). Livestock are not only important for the integrating role that they play in farming systems but also for the contribution that livestock intensification makes to nutrition outcomes, income generation and poverty alleviation. Indeed for dryland ecologies, livestock underpin resilience and livelihoods. Thus use a a comprehensive framework that brings together approaches and learning will sharpen the Africa RISING livestock research agenda by clarifying the roles and integration of diverse livestock in Sustainable Intensification of both dryland and humid tropics. This COP will also provide an entry point for improving gender equity. Moreover, and integrated approach to livestock across the projects was a key recommendation of the external review that was strongly picked up by the donor.

Interested members:

• Harry Ngoma
• Ben Lukuyu
• Hamidou Nantoume
• Mulundu Mwila
• Ngulu Festo
• Siboniso Moyo
• Aster Gebrekirstos
• Tunde Amole
• Anthony Kimaro