As you know, the 6th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA) is being held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre from 27-30 October. Meeting every four years, the AACAA assembly provides a forum for researchers, policy makers, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders to share scientific findings and experiences in animal agriculture in Africa and beyond. … Continue reading
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Seminar talk: Site-directed genome editing: an innovative technology for plant breeding
You are hereby invited for the above Seminar Talk by Prof. Kan Wang on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, starting 1130hrs through to 1230hrs. The venue will be the Ndama Lounge. Prof. Kan Wang is the Director of plant transformation facility in Iowa State University. She developed plant transformation facilities for public. This facility was the … Continue reading
ILRI Kenya Friday Morning Coffee (FMC): October 24, 2014
Welcome to Friday Morning Coffee! Venue: Outside JVC Time: 10:30 to 11:00 am Please be reminded that there will be a team of medics conducting a free Breast Cancer screening for all – (both male and female). This will be going on at the John Vercoe Auditorium (JVC) from 10:00 am till 4:30 pm. Muthoni … Continue reading
Renewed fax number for ILRI Ethiopia campus
Please note that ILRI’s fax number +251-11 6 46 4645 is changed to fax number +251-11 667 6923. Kindly use this for your future correspondence. * Fax number +251-11 617 2001 is not changed. Aster Agize | Mail Clerk Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Tel: +251 11 617 2117 | Moblie: +251912180800 Email: a.agize@cgiar.org Continue reading
Breast cancer month observance and Jubilee insurance member education day
ILRI P&OD is pleased to invite you to the below events Breast Cancer awareness month observance Member Education on current medical benefits (Jubilee Insurance) Date: Friday 24th October 2014 9:00am: Thematic Health Talk delivered by a specialist Breast Surgeon 09:45am – 10:30am: Benefits presentation and Q&A (for staff covered under Jubilee Insurance) 10:00am – 04:30pm: … Continue reading
ILRI Kenya: Delays in registration approvals for IRS’ duty free motor vehicles
Over the last several months, we have been experiencing difficulties in obtaining approvals for duty free vehicle registration at the Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This has led to protracted delays in registering the vehicles and thus obtaining logbooks from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). In the first week of this month, we held a … Continue reading
Closure of road leading to ILRI Kenya housing units: October 21–24, 2014
Please be notified that we shall be closing the road around housing units for 4-days to enable us do some final works. The parts affected are from House 12 to House 13 and also from House 19 to the Catering parking (hence to Houses 21 to 28). The closure is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 21, … Continue reading
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Misplaced recording device and a notebook
Pablo Alarcon misplaced a voice recorder and a writing note book during his visit in Kenya last week. Please help us reach out the other campus users if you have not seen it. Thank you, Dr Stella G. Kiambi- Wanyeki| Graduate Fellow, Urban Zoonoses Project Email: s.kiambi@cgiar.org Continue reading
ILRI to host the food safety in dairy development – Stakeholder Consultation Workshop East Africa
The Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP), hosted by the World Bank, will be holding an East Africa Stakeholder Consultation Workshop at ILRI Campus, Nairobi, 3-4 November 2014. The workshop will serve as a platform to discuss challenges and opportunities to leverage food safety in the rapidly evolving dairy industries in East African Countries. More details and … Continue reading
ILRI Kenya Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) : October 17, 2014
Welcome to Friday Morning Coffee! Venue: Dining Room Courtyard Time: 10:30 to 11:00 am Jennifer Timbomei Email: J.Timbomei@cgiar.org Continue reading
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