The consultative group on international agricultural research
The International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) is one of the 13 international agricultural research centres funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The 13 centres, located mainly within the tropics, have been set up by the CGIAR over the past two decades to provide long-term support for agricultural development in the Third World. Their names, locations and research responsibilities are as follows:
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) Colombia: cassava, field beans, rice and tropical pastures.
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico: maize and wheat.
Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Peru: potato.
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria: farming systems, cereals, food legumes (broad bean, lentil, chickpea), and forage crops.
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR), Italy.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India: chickpea, pigeon pea, pearl millet, sorghum, groundnut, and farming systems.
International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), Ethiopia: African livestock production.
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines: rice.
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria: farming systems, maize, rice, roots and tubers (sweet potatoes, cassava, yams), and food legumes (cowpea, lima bean, soybean).
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Kenya: trypanosomiasis and theileriosis of cattle.
West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) Liberia: rice.
International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), The Netherlands.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA: analysis of world food problems.
ILCA RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Systems Studies
1. Mathematical modelling of livestock production systems: Application of the Texas A&M University beef cattle production model to Botswana, by F. M. Anderson and J.C.M. Trail. 1978.
2. Livestock production in the subhumid zone of West Africa: A regional review, ed. S.B. Westley. 1979.
3. Small ruminant production in the humid tropics, eds C. de Haan, S.B. Westley and S. Chater. 1979.
Monographs
1. Evaluation of productivity of Maure and Peul cattle breeds at the Sahelian station, Niono, Mali, undertaken by the International Livestock Centre for Africa and the Institut d'Economie Rurale du Mali. 1978.
2. Trypanotolerant livestock in West and central Africa: Vol. 1, General study; Vol. 2, Country studies, by J.C.M. Trail, C.H. Hoste and Y.J. Wissocq, and Ph. Lhoste in collaboration with I.L. Mason. 1979.
3. Sahiwal cattle: An evaluation of their potential contribution to milk and beef production in Africa, by J.C.M. Trail and K.E. Gregory. 1981.
4. Low-level aerial survey techniques: Report of an international workshop held 6-11 November 1979, Nairobi, Kenya, eds J.J.R. Grimsdell and S.B. Westley. 1981.
5. The camel (C. dromedarius): A bibliographical review, by E. Mukasa-Mugerwa. 1981.
In 1982 the above two series were discontinued and replaced by the present series of Research Reports.
Research Reports
1. Trends and prospects for livestock and crop production in tropical Africa, by C. de Montgolfier-Kouévi and A. Vlavonou. 1982.
2. Cattle herd dynamics: An integer and stochastic model for evaluating production alternatives, by Panos A. Konandreas and Frank M. Anderson. 1982.
International Livestock Centre for Africa
P.O. Box 5689
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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