Category: Agriculture

USAID with Feed the Future funding awards $4M to UF/IFAS to improve Haitian livestock production and research capacity

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin

September 6, 2023

The University of Florida Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems within the Global Food Systems Institute will lead a five-year, $4 million project to improve the productivity and resilience of Haiti’s livestock sector, with ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS
Tags: Capacity Building, Feed The Future Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, Global Food Systems Institute, Haiti, UF/IFAS Global Food Systems Institute, USAID

A clean sweep to improve meat safety in Ethiopia

by Livestock Lab

December 22, 2022

On day three of a workshop, participants (from butchers’ associations, abattoirs, and government) witnessed the slaughter of two steers at the Mana Qalmaa Kristaana abattoir in Adama, Ethiopia. They viewed the entire process and discussed ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Abattoir, Butcher, Ethiopia, Food Safety, Hygiene, Workshop

Building Human Capacity for Livestock Disease Surveillance

by Livestock Lab

December 21, 2022

Collaboration at the university level has been a key to the success of the Young Stock Mortality (YSM) project in Ethiopia (funded by USAID through the University of Florida). Researchers from the University of California, Davis, Ethiopia’s ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Disease, Ethiopia, International Development, Livestock, Student, Veterinarian

Tabaski: a huge market opportunity for small ruminants in Niger

by Livestock Lab

December 20, 2022

Tabaski (or Aïd el-Kebir), called the "Festival of the Sacrifice," is an Islamic holiday celebrated worldwide each year. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command. In commemoration ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Livestock, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Feed, Holiday, Market, Niger, Sheep, Small Ruminants

Distance Learning Empowers Women in Rural Nepal to Treat Livestock as a Business

by Livestock Lab

December 19, 2022

Ms. Kusumaya K.C. is part of a vital labor force in Nepal that brings animal health services to remote areas of the country. Before getting to work, however, she had to overcome obstacles to education that often limit rural women from realizing ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Disease, Distance Education, Goat, International Development, Nepal

A Shout Out for Milk

by Livestock Lab

December 12, 2022

It turned out better than they planned. Instead of quietly spreading nutrition messages from household to household, community advocates amplified their voices through megaphones to reach the masses gathered at markets in Rwanda. “Gabura ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Livestock, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Behavior Change, Children, Communicating, Milk, Mothers, Rwanda

Zoom-tastic Innovation Platforms Prove Popular and Efficient

by Livestock Lab

December 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many in-person events into virtual formats, including the five 2021 Innovation Platform (IP) meetings for our five current target countries. Would these events be successful, given the potential for technical challenges, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Communicating, Innovation Platform, International Development, Meeting, Virtual, Zoom

Taskforce to Continue a Project’s Legacy in Cambodia

by Livestock Lab

December 7, 2022

Action movies often dramatize how a team comes together to stand for justice, but this story line may seem strange in the world of agricultural research. Even so, a research team in Cambodia pursued a unique and ambitious approach to achieve ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Professional Development
Tags: Cambodia, Food Safety, Human Health, Research, Scaling, Wet Market

Putting Milk Consumption Risks into Context

by Livestock Lab

December 2, 2022

A pebble is almost nothing when compared to a mountain, just as the risk from this toxin is minor. Even though people around the world drink milk every day without worry, there are certain risks. One risk comes from a particular toxin that ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aflatoxin, Disease, Global, Human Health, Milk

Webinar Triggers Far Reaching Actions in Nepal

by Livestock Lab

November 22, 2022

Have you ever wondered what happens after a webinar ends? This story shows that a topic of great interest can inspire people on the other side of the globe to act upon knowledge gained. Here is what happened: A webinar about predatory journals ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Faculty, Journal, Nepal, Research

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