UID:
almahu_9949845728902882
Format:
1 online resource (1281 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781789245585
Content:
The book recounts the history and achievements of research at the International Livestock Research Institute and its predecessors. Describing mixed crop and livestock systems' impact on the global environment, it also covers animal genetics, production, health and disease control, land management, public policy, and economics.
Note:
Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Peter Doherty, ILRI patron -- Preface: A Note from ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith -- A Note from ILRI Board of Trustees Chair Lindsay Falvey -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Evolution of IARC Livestock Research, 1975-2018 -- Part I. Animal Genetics, Production and Health -- Preface to Part I: Research Spending and Publications on Animal Genetics, Production, and Health -- 1 Livestock Genetics and Breeding -- 2 Control of Pathogenesis in Animal African Trypanosomiasis: A Search for Answers at ILRAD, ILCA and ILRI, 1975-2018 -- 3 Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control in West Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia: ILRI's Role in the Field -- 4 Impact Assessment of Immunology and Immunoparasitology Research at ILRAD and ILRI -- 5 Veterinary Epidemiology at ILRAD and ILRI, 1987-2018 -- 6 The Management and Economics of East Coast Fever -- 7 Transboundary Animal Diseases -- 8 Zoonoses -- 9 Food Safety and Nutrition -- 10 Ticks and Their Control -- Part II. Primary Production -- Preface to Part II: Research Spending and Publications on Primary Production -- 11 Rangeland Ecology -- 12 Forage Diversity, Conservation and Use -- 13 The Impact of CGIAR Centre Research on Use of Planted Forages by Tropical Smallholders -- 14 Multidimensional Crop Improvement by ILRI and Partners: Drivers, Approaches, Achievements and Impact -- Part III. Tropical Livestock Systems -- Preface to Part III: Research Spending and Publications on Tropical Livestock Systems -- 15 African Livestock Systems Research, 1975-2018 -- 16 Ruminant Livestock and Climate Change in the Tropics -- 17 Economics and Policy Research at ILRI, 1975-2018 -- 18 The Impact of ILRI Research on Gender.
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Conclusion: The Future of Research at ILRI -- Appendix 1: CIAT and ICARDA Livestock Research -- Index -- Back.
Additional Edition:
Print version: McIntire, John The Impact of the International Livestock Research Institute Oxford : CAB International,c2020 ISBN 9781789241853
Language:
English
Keywords:
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