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Since 2017, the Livestock Lab has conducted and supported research for development projects in Burkina Faso. From initiatives to boost egg consumption in young children to interventions addressing the impact of poultry diseases on human health, our research aims to empower smallholder farmers and other livestock system stakeholders.
This project is designed to enhance household food security and safety and improve the livelihoods of poultry smallholder producers.
Developing a refined protocol for the production of healthy and nutritious dried meat (similar to biltong and kitoza) using solar driers that drastically reduce pathogens and increase the product's shelf life.
This project aims to strengthen and expand the skills of local scientists and graduate students through a train-the-trainer model that uses a translational approach.
This project will teach and promote the use of solar meat drying technology to producers, suppliers, artisans, processors and traders in the meat management sector in Burkina Faso.
This project generates primary evidence on the aflatoxin contamination levels in feed and milk in peri-urban and rural dairy systems in Burkina Faso and their health implications for dairy consumers.
This project aims to test the innovative behavior change strategy of gifting chickens to children by community champions to increase egg consumption among children under two.
Intervention in Low Guinea Fowl Productivity and Related Products Consumption in Burkina Faso
This project aims to expand guinea fowl farming among smallholder households by promoting year-round feeding of birds with fly larvae supplements for increased productivity; synchronizing hatching of guinea fowl eggs; and introducing low-cost evaporative cooling egg storage to increase fertile egg viability.
Enhancing Egg Consumption through Women’s Empowerment in Burkina Faso
This project builds on the UF-led focus project and examines various aspects of women’s empowerment and how behavior change messaging on the nutritional importance of eggs increases animal-source food consumption among infants and young children. It also examines the potential of livestock assets (chickens) to improve egg consumption in populations that have received repetitive nutrition and livestock information.
The project sought to contribute to food security and poverty alleviation by improving the value chains of crop-livestock systems related to small ruminants. It applied the Innovation Platform approach to unite stakeholders in the pursuit of transformational learning and best practices.
Enhancing the Productivity of Small Ruminants through Improved and Cost-Effective Feeding and Animal Health Interventions (ENHANCE) in Burkina Faso and Niger
This project sought to enhance the productivity of small ruminants through improved and cost-effective feeding in Burkina Faso and Niger.
The Feed Study focused on improving the quality and quantity of animal feed, specifically for dairy cows in Ethiopia and for sheep and goats in Burkina Faso.
This is an indicative list of past and present partners.
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems is part of Feed the Future
