ILRI
About this original series
Today's science and development issues are complex, often involving multiple international players, yet demanding local solutions. Increasingly, many acknowledge that such local solutions can best be summed up and communicated by showing local people talking in their own surroundings, especially in a world where few outside the research communities have the time or expertise to assess raw data. In this setting, science and development documentaries fill a vital role.The film department at ILRI (the International Livestock Research Institute) therefore aims to widen understanding of important topics that face pro-poor agricultural research in livestock issues, so removing one stumbling-block to the quick up-take of new technologies among those who could benefit most.
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Rating
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Episodes of ILRI
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Jemimah Njuki - Working with and for women and l...
Jemimah Njuki is a specialist in issues related to women and gender in agriculture. In this short film she explains her belief that farm animals could be one way for poor women to make money, feed their families better and educate their children. "Owning animal assets gives women power" says Njuki, ... and this gives women a voice ... and when women become equal partners, everyone benefits!"
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Release date
Dec 2, 2011
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Runtime
04:04
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Introducing the ILRI campus in Kenya: The facili...
This short film introduces some of the people, hosted institutions and facilities at the ILRI Nairobi campus.
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Release date
Dec 2, 2011
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Runtime
03:10
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Introducing the ILRI campus in Ethiopia: The fac...
This short film introduces some of the people, hosted institutions and facilities at the ILRI Addis Ababa campus.
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Release date
Dec 2, 2011
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Runtime
03:30
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The future role of livestock in feeding the world
Today's global population of 7 billion is predicted to expand to more than 9 billion by 2050. Will that more crowded world be able to produce enough food for everyone? And should livestock be part of evolving food security plans? In this 26 minute seminar, Mario Herrero, agro-ecological systems analyst at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) says that “the future lies in what we do with the world’s resources”, and concludes “livestock science will be fundamental to deliver the...
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Release date
Nov 25, 2011
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Runtime
28:08
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Improving African Livestock with Reproductive Te...
The promise of abundant milk and meat drives many poor African farmers to spend scarce money on imported cattle breeds. However, under the harsh conditions of Africa’s smallholder farms, these exotic breeds generally perform poorly. New breeding technologies promise to improve this situation, and generate a breeding pool of affordable, hardy and productive cattle breeds suitable for African farmers.
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Release date
Jul 28, 2011
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Runtime
03:37
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Livestock Under Threat: Managing the Future of N...
There is more livestock diversity in Africa than on any other continent. Some indigenous breeds of cattle, goats and sheep are disease resistant, and others can withstand feed and water shortages. But most are less productive than some imported breeds and so do not meet farmers' needs. Millions of poor livestock keepers are importing animals, or cross-breeding their local animals with imported breeds to get more productive livestock. But imported breeds need expensive care because they are muc...
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Release date
Jun 29, 2011
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Runtime
15:18
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French: Livestock Under Threat: Managing the Fut...
Il existe plus de diversité du bétail domestique en Afrique que sur tout autre continent. Certaines races indigènes de bovins, de chèvres et de moutons sont résistantes à des maladies et d'autres races peuvent résister à des déficits d’apport d’aliments et d'eau. Mais la plupart de ces races sont moins productives que celles qui et donc ne satisfont pas aux besoins des agriculteurs. Des millions d’éleveurs pauvres ont recours a l’importation d’animaux ou au croisement entre leurs races locales...
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Release date
Dec 24, 2011
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Runtime
15:18
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Managing the Future of Native West African Rumin...
This 3 minute summary film tells the story of an unusual research and development project working to increase understanding of disappearing disease-resistant cattle breeds of West Africa. This information will be used to make indigenous animals more profitable for poor farmers, so that they have reasons and the ability to continue to keep them, and the important genetic traits of these native breeds are not lost forever. For a longer documentary, see "Livestock Under Threat: Managing the Futur...
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Release date
Dec 23, 2011
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Runtime
03:40
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Filming livestock: The backstory
Telling science stories can difficult. Filming stories about livestock science can be particularly challenging. Cows may 'moo' so loudly that researchers can’t hear themselves talk. Biting safari ants may run up people’s legs. And microphones may stop working just as VIPs start to make their presentations. This film shares some of such ILRI 'bloopers', edited over the last 3 years in a (probably) inconsequential attempt to forewarn future interviewees of the various risks involved in filming l...
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Release date
Sep 29, 2011
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Runtime
09:58
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Battling a Killer Cattle Disease
Trypanosomiasis is a wasting disease of livestock that maims and eventually kills millions of cattle in Africa and costs farmers billions of dollars annually. In 2011, a group of geneticists at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, and other institutes in the UK identified two genes that enable Africa's ancient N'Dama cattle breed to resist development of the disease trypanosomiasis when infected with the causative, trypanosome, parasite. The team members were able ...
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Release date
Jun 7, 2011
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Runtime
05:28
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