Please note that as a result of full cost recovery measures, the Info Centre has stopped providing A4 printing papers. Please bring your own paper for printing at the Info Centre printer. We will, however, continue to provide paper for high-quality colour printing for sizes larger than A4. Where this is needed, kindly provide Samuel Mungai … Continue reading
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ILRI Kenya: Whiteboard missing from the InfoCentre
A small whiteboard has gone missing from the InfoCentre, where we used it to note tasks needed to be done. Please let us know if you have seen it recently, or return it if you borrowed it. Many thanks! InfoCentre staff Continue reading
ILRI Kenya Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) – 05 December, 2014
Today’s Friday morning coffee will be held at: Venue: Ndama Lounge Courtyard Time: 10.30am- 11:00am Jenniffer Timbomei J.Timbomei@cgiar.org Continue reading
ILRI Kenya Friday Morning Coffee (FMC): 7 November, 2014
Welcome to Friday Morning Coffee! Venue: Outside JVC Time: 10:30 to 11:00 am Instead of our usual Friday Morning Coffee, today we shall be following the ILRI@40 proceedings at Addis via livestream at JVC, from 10:30am. Please note, Teas/Coffee will be served outside the John Vercoe Auditorium (JVC).People will be free to sit and watch … Continue reading
ILRI Kenya Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) : October 31, 2014
Welcome to Friday Morning Coffee! Venue:Ndama Courtyard Time: 10:30am to 11:00 am Timothy Mutuku T.Mutuku@cgiar.org Continue reading
Climate change and smallholder households – seminar by Silvia Silvestri
You are all invited to an ILRI Livestock Systems and Environment Seminar ‘Climate Change and smallholder households across multiple dimensions: perception, adaptation and barriers to adoption’ Silvia Silvestri is a senior scientist, environment and livelihoods, at ILRI since 2010. As an environmental social scientist she has over 12 years of professional experience at the intersection … Continue reading
Ergonomics training gives ILRI staff tips on how to avoid injuries at work
On 16 July 2014, the Environment, Occupational Health, and Safety (EOHS) Unit of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) carried out an ergonomics awareness training for ILRI Nairobi campus staff. Continue reading
Gone too soon – Douglas Ikong’o
Douglas Ikong’o passed away on the night of Friday 6 June, 2014. He joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) on 2 April, 2003 and was a project assistant in the Livestock Systems and Environment (LSE) program. Dougie, as many knew him, dedicated his life to serving people. Always with a cheerful heart, his generosity … Continue reading
BecA-ILRI hub staff appointments – June 2013
Dr. Sita Ghimire joins the BecA-ILRI Hub as Senior Scientist for the Swedish funded “Climate-smart Brachiaria grasses for improving livestock production in East Africa” program. Born and raised in a farming family from the western hills of Nepal, Dr Ghimire holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences from the Tribhuvan University, Nepal; a M.Sc. in Applied … Continue reading
Livestock Matter(s) – monthly round-up of ILRI news
Each day, ILRI generates new research products, posters, presentations, and news items; we hold meetings and post photos. We know it can be challenging to keep up with it all. To keep staff updated on the current happenings within and outside the institute ,this month, we produced the first issue of a monthly Livestock Matter(s), … Continue reading