This article analyzes literature on the history of cattle ranching and agricultural innovation adoption in Colombia to understand how livestock production systems have evolved from the 1950s until today. Departing from new scholarship that has questioned the idea that cattle ranching has been only a land-grabbing strategy dominated by few elites, this article focuses on the adoption of improved pastures and the role of key institutions such as the CIAT on the transformation of practices and the shortcomings of technification.

This factsheet gives answers on how climate exacerbates root causes of conflict in Mali, using an impact pathway analysis. Two main impact pathways are identified:

A recording of the Global Livestock Advocacy for Development (GLAD) project network meeting held 28 July 2022 is here: https://youtu.be/W6vn140GmPs

This Policy Brief presents a proposal based on an extensive review of bibliographic sources and structured interviews, as part of a study on the reference year for voluntary deforestation-free commitments in the Peruvian Amazon. Subsequently, the information has been validated through two consultation workshops with key stakeholders, including decision makers from the public and private sectors and associations representative of the cacao, oil palm, and coffee value chains, as well as civil society stakeholders.

The strategic goal of this strategy and the communication supported therein, is to draw attention to the importance of rangelands (and rangeland communities) and their protection and restoration. This will be done through a coordinated effort by ILRI working with international and national partners as part of ILRI’s global livestock for advocacy development (GLAD) work), engaging mainly outside the livestock sector to improve investments and decisions.

This catalogue describes a series of proven livestock technologies that promote increased productivity and transformation of small ruminant production in Africa. It is developed through a collaborative effort from the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program that seeks to increase stakeholder use of proven agricultural technologies, and its Small Livestock Compact project partners.

Food security and livelihoods among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are often constrained by limited farm resource endowment. It can be difficult to improve resource endowment given barriers such as low land availability and the unaffordability of agricultural inputs, so here we ask whether farmers can gain a better return on their resources through optimizing their farm strategy in terms of the composition and/or diversity of crop and livestock species raised.

Over the last 30 years, the consumption of meat, milk and eggs in low- and middle-income (LMICs) countries has more than doubled (FAOSTAT, accessed 28/5/21). Population growth, urbanization, income gains and globalization continue to fuel the growth. Many people in LMICs do not have sufficient high quality protein in their diets (FAO et al., 2020); a problem that could be rectified through improved access to animal-source foods. Many in high- income countries (HICs), conversely, eat too much animal-sourced foods. Policies and information campaigns should promote healthy diets for all.