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Simple smokers to improve traditional dairy products
Smoking of milk utensils is a crucial traditional practice to develop the product’s desired organoleptic characteristics. Fumigation also assures quality and safety of milk and dairy products. Traditional fumigation often ...
Milk fat separation to accelerate butter production and reduce labour
Milk fat separation increases the efficiency of butter processing with enhanced quality. Milk fat separation will increase the milk returns through processing high value products from the skimmed milk. The separation of ...
SmaRT Ethiopia stakeholder workshop: consolidating and capitalizing on experiences and going beyond
On 1-2 November 2021, the SmaRT (Small Ruminant Value Chain Transformation) Ethiopia Priority Country Project (CRP Livestock) convened a completion workshop attended by ICARDA, ILRI and CIAT team members and major partners ...
A review of goat reproduction in East and Horn of Africa
While goats are an important pillar of livestock and agriculture sectors in East and Horn of Africa,
little research is being published and access to unpublished data is very difficult. This working
paper attempts to review ...
Recording birth weight has no significance in village based genetic improvement programs of small ruminants
The present study was conducted to justify that keeping birth weight (BWT) records have little or no significance in genetic improvements of market or adult weights of small ruminants while implementation of community based ...
Thermometers to improve traditional dairy products
The use of thermometer in dairy processing to enhance product quality
Animal milking and milk hygiene in East Africa
This booklet provides guidance for milk producers to ensure they produce quality milk products that are safe and hygienic. The issues covered include: the characteristics of good milk, sources of milk contamination, milk ...
Caravan 22: Review of agriculture in the dry areas
This issue of Caravan provides examples of ICARDA's work with its partners to help ensure sustainability of livelihoods for the poor in marginal areas.
Better hygienic milking practices to improve goat milk quality
Milk quality is compromised by goat diseases as well as poor product handling and hygiene. Contaminated milk can cause foodborne diseases but also make the milk unsuitable for further processing such as fermentation. ...
Lungworm infection in small ruminants in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Lungworms are important parasitic nematodes of small ruminants that colonize the lower respiratory tract and cause high morbidity and economic loss throughout the world. This systematic review was conducted with the aim ...