Socio-economic determinants and impact of adopting climate-smart Brachiaria grass among dairy farmers in Eastern and Wes...
United States Agency for International Development / Peer Review
Comparative transcriptomics of the bovine apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva developmental stages reveals massive gen...
African Union / Africa Biosciences Challenge Fund / Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia / Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / Department for International Development, United Kingdom / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency / Peer Review
Will dairy cattle production in West Africa be challenged by heat stress in the future?
European Union / Peer Review
Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany / Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research / Irish Aid / European Union / International Fund for Agricultural Development / United States Agency for International Development / Peer Review
Variation in the carbon footprint of milk production on smallholder dairy farms in central Kenya
Milk production by smallholders in Africa has a high carbon footprint (CF) and is predicted to increase significantly in the coming decades. This study, based on data from a sample of 382 farms in central Kenya, is the first assessment of the CF of milk production in Sub-Saharan Africa based on a large dataset of actual farm management practices. T...
Protocol for generating region-specific Tier 2 emission factors for methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from...
Re-annotation of the Theileria parva genome refines 53% of the proteome and uncovers essential components of N-glycosyla...
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Background The apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva causes a livestock disease called East coast fever (ECF), with millions of animals at risk in sub-Saharan East and Southern Africa, the geographic distribution of T. parva. Over a million bovines die each year of ECF, with a tremendous economic burden to pastoralists in endemic countries. Compreh...
A review of the impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health: Challenges for food safety and dairy production in sub-Saha...
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that contaminate food and feed and have a significant negative impact on human and animal health and productivity. The tropical condition in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) together with poor storage of feed promotes fungal growth and subsequent mycotoxin production. Aflatoxins (AF) produced by Aspergillus spe...
Global rangeland production systems and livelihoods at threat under climate change and variability
Rangelands are one of the Earth's major ice-free land cover types. They provide food and support livelihoods for millions of people in addition to delivering important ecosystems services. However, rangelands are at threat from climate change, although the extent and magnitude of the potential impacts are poorly understood. Any declines in vegetati...
Testimonials from CLIFF-GRADS scholarship awardees from round 2
Testimonials and feedback from four CLIFF-GRADS Round 2 (2019) students. Their research focused on livestock system emmissons in Argentina. / Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
