ILRI PhotoBlog — ‘Livestock Still Lives’: Roof in Rajasthan

Household roof in Rajasthan village

Stairs to the roof of a typical livestock-keeping household in the village of Nagar, in Tonk District, Rajasthan, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

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ILRI PhotoBlog — ‘Livestock Portraits’: Sheko cattle in Ethiopia

Sheko calf kept in the Ghibe Valley of Southern Ethiopia (photo credit: Jim Richardson)

The above photo, taken by National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson, is of a Sheko calf kept in the Ghibe Valley of southern Ethiopia. The Sheko cattle breed is endangered, with only about 2,500 in existence today. They are a valuable breed because of their ability to resist diseases (African animal trypanosomiasis, related to human sleeping sickness) transmitted by Africa’s tsetse fly. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is protecting, studying, and breeding Sheko cattle in Ethiopia.

Read more here about ILRI’s work to conserve animal genetic resources of developing countries.

 

 

ILRI PhotoBlog — ‘Livestock Still Lives’: Indian farmhouse cookware / baskets

 

Farmhouse baskets and cookware

Farmhouse basket plastered for storing grain

 

Farmhouse cookware (left) and basket plastered for storing grain (right) in Kothera Village, Gangolihat, in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand  (picture credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan).

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ILRI PhotoBlog — ‘Livestock Portraits’: Pig in northern Vietnam

A pig on the farm of farmer Ma Thi Puong,  near the northern town of Meo Vac

A pig kept by smallholder farmer Mai Thi Puong, near Meo Vac, in northern Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

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