Animal genetic resource (AnGR) diversity contributes in many ways to human survival and well-being.
However, 32% of livestock breeds are threatened. Such an irreversible loss of genetic diversity reduces
opportunities to improve food security, reduce poverty and shift towards sustainable agricultural
practices.
This annual report addresses the partnerships that have enhanced ILRI's work at national, regional and international levels, highlighting three particularly inspiring ventures - poverty mapping in East Africa, the Crop-Animal Systems Research Network in Southeast Asia, and development of an improved East Coast fever vaccine, which has engaged researchers from three continents.
Little of the current focus on landscape fragmentation has focused on rangelands or pastoral lands. This paper investigates the existing evidence for causes and processes of fragmentation in pastoral lands and its effects of landscapes and peoples.
