Kenya’s smallholder farmers aren’t using antibiotics properly, some are of poor quality and some antibiotics are being found in milk.
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ILRI’s strategic intention is to use livestock as a development tool, one that widens and sustains three major pathways out of poverty. (1) securing the assets of the poor (2) improving smallholder and pastoral productivity (3) increasing market participation by the poor.
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Senior Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute
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Senior Scientist, Team Leader of the Mazingira Centre, International Livestock Research Institute
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Economist, spatial statistics expert, International Livestock Research Institute
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Professor Food Safety Systems at the Natural Resources Institute (UK) and contributing scientist ILRI, International Livestock Research Institute
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Research scientist, International Livestock Research Institute
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Veterinary epidemiologist, International Livestock Research Institute
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Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute
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Co-Leader, Animal and Human Health Program, International Livestock Research Institute
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Deputy Program Leader, Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods, International Livestock Research Institute
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Researcher, farming systems analyst, International Livestock Research Institute
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Graduate Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute
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Researcher, modeling and futures expert, International Livestock Research Institute
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Principal Scientist, Professor of Genetics, University of Nottingham, UK, International Livestock Research Institute
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Program Leader, Sustainable Livestock Systems, International Livestock Research Institute
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Senior scientist - Epidemiologist, International Livestock Research Institute
