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Ugandans and pork: A story that needs telling
Largely unknown or under-appreciated is that Africa’s pig sector is growing rapidly, with the highest increases in pig populations occurring in Uganda, where the national pig population has grown,...
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Pig farming in Uganda–Big options, and big research, take hold
This 2:40-minute film presents a ‘day in the life’ of a research-for-development project working to improve smallholder pig production in Uganda. The film highlights the big opportunities as well as...
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New study recommends continued research on the possible role pigs could play...
The map above shows high-risk areas due to a spatial overlap of three proposed risk factors for zoonotic Ebola virus transmission in Uganda: modelled zoonotic niche, domestic pig distribution and high...
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Roots, tubers and banana plants: Next-generation pig feeds for Uganda
Pigs (photo credit: N Palmer/CIAT). The demand for animal source foods in Uganda is rising as the country’s population continues to grow alongside improved income and urbanization. Pork in particular...
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High-level EC-IFAD delegation tours smallholder pig projects in Uganda
Simon Lubega (left), manager of the Wambizzi Pig Cooperative Abattoir, in Uganda, in discussion with the EC’s Roberto Ridolfi (right) and other stakeholders during a tour of his biogas plant (photo...
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Vaccination proclamation: India protects the neglected ’living assets’ of its...
Indigenous black pig from Nagaland, in the far northeastern corner of India, where tribal people traditionally keep pigs and eat pork (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Classical swine fever, also...
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India and Vietnam in South-South collaboration on shared pig breeds,...
Wild Boar by Rajendra Singh Shyam, Gond art of India (via Pinterest). This article is written by Jules Mateo, ILRI communications specialist for East and Southeast Asia. A new state breeding policy...
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Making livestock foods safe—Lessons from Vietnam on what works—and what doesn’t
At the Sunday market in Sapa, northern Vietnam, women butcher hogs slaughtered outside of town but still steaming when they start working on them at the market (image via Flickr/Kurt Johnson). From...
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A deep dive inside Vietnam’s pork foodshed to determine food safety issues...
Selling pork at a traditional ‘wet’ market in Hung Yen province, northern Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/HUPH/Ngan Tran). Pork meat sold in Vietnam has been found by researchers to commonly carry...
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Uganda research-for-development work is helping to transform the country’s...
Above: Pius Kasajja, permanent secretary in the Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, makes remarks at a livestock stakeholders’ meeting in Kampala (photo: ILRI/Brian Kawuma)....
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Pig farmers to earn more through new genetics project in Uganda
An improved sow in Hoima District in Uganda (photo credit: ILRI/Karen Marshall). Research conducted in Uganda’s smallholder pig value chains by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and...
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Hanoi workshop held on providing safer pork products in Vietnam
A local pork vendor at the wet market sells her meat to two local women, Hung Yen province, Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Nguyen Ngoc Huyen). This article is written by Chi Nguyen, communications...
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A 360-degree ‘immersive dive’ into Uganda’s smallholder pig sector
This article is written by Brian Kawuma, communications officer for ILRI in Uganda and for ILRI’s Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods program. Lindsay Falvey, chair of the ILRI Board of Trustees,...
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Ugandan Emma Naluyima describes her thriving pig+crop farm at the Global...
Emma Naluyima, a Ugandan veterinarian and one-acre pig and crop farmer, making a presentation at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). On 19 Jan 2018,...
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Translating food safety research into policy action in Vietnam
The agri-food sector, particularly livestock, plays an important role in the economy, livelihoods and nutritional security of Vietnamese people. Regular consumption of pork makes it an integral part of...
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Partnerships to increase pig production in Uganda
Livestock is the world’s fastest-growing, highest-value agricultural subsector, accounting for about 40% of agricultural gross domestic product globally. Driven by rising incomes, demand for...
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Deadly African swine fever arrives in China, the world’s largest producer of...
Africa swine fever, which recently appeared in Shenyang City, in Liaoning Province, northeastern China, threatens the USD150-billion global pig industry. This article is written by Vish Nene,...
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More research on African swine fever is urgently needed: No cure, no vaccine...
Pigs at the Drestry Farm Industry commercial farm in Asia (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs. It kills nearly...
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African swine fever ten years on: the lessons learned and the way forward
A pig in northwest Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Hanh Le). African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs that has caused serious economic and production losses in...
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Global action needed to fight the spread of African swine fever
RHoMIS survey by Livestock CRP in Son La Province, Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Tu Mai) African swine fever, an infectious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, has spread to nearly 51 countries...
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