Add to ORKGSusan MacMillan knows why livestock matter. An ILRI Emeritus Fellow, she has led public awareness and advocacy communications at ILRI for nearly 33 years. In the latest episode of The Boma, Elliot Carleton and Brenda Coromina find out how Susan went from being an Ohio native who had never even glimpsed a living cow, to becoming one of the most passionate advocates for livestock farming in developing countries today. In a wide-ranging and informative talk she explains how the modern stigma against livestock farming in some countries was born from good intentions, her respect for vegetarians and vegans, and why livestock matter for countless people in the world today and tomorrow. Listen to the episode to find out what Susan thinks the future...
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The welfare of farm animals is increasingly of concern to meat producers as well as consumers and th...
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As the pandemic pushes global malnutrition to rates not seen in more than a decade, how can livestoc...
Welcome to ‘The Boma’—a new podcast about livestock in the developing world—the cattle, camels, shee...
Livestock provide vital nutrition and income for numerous households in developing countries. And it...
How do we intensify livestock to feed the global south, but also mitigate climate emissions? Is it p...
There have been over 22,000 studies on the best ways for farmers to feed their livestock. But how ma...
There's a growing problem across the world, one that could make keeping livestock outdoors almost im...
If sub-Saharan Africa produces just 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the livestock sector ...
Droughts have always occurred in the Horn of Africa, but in the past few years they have begun happe...
Cattle, goats, chickens and other farm animals are the unsung heroes of international development. M...
In 2014 a survey found that a quarter of children under 5 in Siaya County, western Kenya, were stunt...
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