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Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab Leads West Africa SI Conference

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The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) at Kansas State University is serving as one of the lead organizers for the 2017 Sustainable Intensification Conference: Biodiversity and ecological engineering for sustainable intensification of agriculture. This conference brings together international leaders to discuss sustainable solutions to global food security challenges.

The meeting will take place April 24-26 at the Hotel Ngor Diarama, Dakar, Senegal, under a partnership between SIIL,  laboratories IESOL (Intensification Ecologique des Sols Cultivés en Afrique de l’Ouest) and LAPSE (LMI Adaptation des Plantes et microorganismes associés aux Stress Environnementaux), and IAVAO (Innovation et Amélioration Variétale en Afrique de l’Ouest).

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U.S. Ambassador Visits SIIL Field Sites

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To improve agro-forestry and pastoral productivity and achieve food security in rural areas of Burkina Faso, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) partners with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA), among several other institutions.

ILRI’s Augustine Ayantunde serves as the principal investigator for SIIL’s focus country subaward in Burkina Faso. In October 2016, Dr. Ayantunde led a visit for the U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Tulinabo Mushingi, to one of his project’s field sites in the Yatenga province. INERA director Hamidou Traore and SIIL management entity members Vara Prasad, Jan Middendorf, and Zach Stewart were also present. Continue reading “U.S. Ambassador Visits SIIL Field Sites” →

K-State researchers awarded $1.1 million to address challenges in livestock systems in Ethiopia

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jessiesTwo teams of researchers at Kansas State University have been awarded over $1.1 million to investigate beef and dairy cattle systems, as well as mycotoxins in livestock feed, in Ethiopia. The projects, funded under the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems (LSIL) in a four-year Reach grant and a one-year Focus grant, will employ a systems-based research approach that strengthens linkages between improved animal-source food production, consumption practices and human nutrition outcomes.

Jessie Vipham, assistant professor of global food systems and nutrition, and Dustin Pendell, associate professor of agricultural economics, will serve as principal investigators of the $1.04 million Reach grant. Deon van der Merwe, associate professor of toxicology, will lead the Focus grant. Both projects utilize expertise from K-State’s College of Agriculture, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL), the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet (SMIL), the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss (PHL) and the College of Veterinary Medicine.

“An exciting component of both of these projects is that they have combined the expertise of K-State faculty from several disciplines with the international research networks of multiple K-State Feed the Future Innovation Labs,” Vipham said. “It is a great example of the research capacity that exists at K-State.” Continue reading “K-State researchers awarded $1.1 million to address challenges in livestock systems in Ethiopia” →