ILCA [International Livestock Centre for Africa] annual report 1988

ILCA"s work in its three commodity thrusts - cattle and small ruminant meat and milk and animal traction - produced important results in feeding and supplementation trials; smallholder dairying; alley farming with small ruminants; reproductive diseases; physiology of working animals; and on-farm testing of improved traction techniques. ILCA"s strategic thrusts focused on animal feed resources, trypanotolerance, and livestock policy and resource use. In the area of animal feed resources, significant progress was made in developing techniques for in-vitro multiplication, storage and dissemination of grass and browse germplasm, and germplasm screening and intercropping studies. ILCA also successfully quantified the relative effects of the components of trypanosome infection and tsetse control techniques and produced important studies of the impacts of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in several countries. Complementary training and information activities included nine major courses, 60 individual trainee programs, establishment of a new training materials and methods unit, and expansion of information services and libraries. (Author abstract, modified)