East Africa / ILRI

Iain’s update on ILRI Ethiopia – August 2012

Each month, Iain Wright shares an update on various developments on the Addis Ababa campus: The news in Ethiopia this month has been dominated by the passing of His Excellency Prime Minster Meles Zenawe which as announced on 20 August.  Whatever your political persuasion no one can doubt the tremendous advances in development that Ethiopia … Continue reading

Agriculture

Moments with Jimmy Smith: ILRI institutional developments in 2012

On first joining ILRI, Jimmy Smith launched a series of short video messages to staff. Last week in Addis Ababa, as part of this series we interviewed Jimmy about his first 8 months in office. The conversation ranged across several topics – the ILRI change process, CGIAR developments, the ILRI strategy, the global livestock agenda … Continue reading