This is the first round of an internal consultation on the ILRI science plan. In this round, we invite general reactions to the plan from ILRI scientists and others with an interest in the plan. These should help us pinpoint ‘hotspots’ and sections of the plan that require further attention. Please follow the process below: … Continue reading
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ILRI science plan – contribute to the consultation process
In August 2013, as part of its work on developing the critical success factors (CSF), IMC agreed on ILRI’s core identify and sketched out a framework to help focus the institute’s work. Following on from this, in October, the science plan was developed and discussed at IRMC (with follow-up email correspondence) and then presented to … Continue reading
57 ILRI journal articles published in 2013
Generated from Mahider – ILRI’s institutional repository. If your article is missing, please send the info to Abeba Desta (a.desta@cgiar.org) Citation Mahider link Journal title Alvarez, S., Rufino, M.C., Vayssieres, J., Salgado, P., Tittonell, P., Tillard, E. and Bocquier, F. 2013. Whole-farm nitrogen cycling and intensification of crop-livestock systems in the highlands of Madagascar: An … Continue reading
APM 2013 reporting and links
More than 200 people joined the annual program meeting in Addis Ababa last month. Watch a video of the APM in pictures: We collated all the various flipcharts and other outputs in this document Other documentation is online: Jimmy’s opening presentation Prezi by Alexandra Prezi by Andrew Posters: http://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/tag/apm2013 Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/sets/72157633269265865 Graphic facilitation outputs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/tags/apmgraphics … Continue reading
2013 APM – Submit ideas and posters for the ShareFair/Marketplace
The ILRI APM will happen in Addis Ababa 15-17 May 2013. The afternoon of day 1 – Wednesday 15 May – is devoted to an ‘‘ILRI sharefair and marketplace’. We see this as a massively interactive space with a mix of stands, conversations, and happenings designed to expose all participants to the rest of ILRI. … Continue reading
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ILRI town hall – Update on ILRI strategy and Institutional Issues
Wednesday’s town hall meeting focused on 2 issues: the results of the recent ‘engagement survey’ of staff (presented by Medeleine Dunford)and the ILRI strategy, 2013-2022 (presented by Shirley Tarawali). Watch Shirley’s presentation on Slideshare / More documents on the strategy Below are the WebEx streaming and download links. The links are split into two parts … Continue reading
Getting an ILRI business card
In the second half of 2012, the KMIS and PA teams at ILRI got together to update and revamp a wide range of ILRI information products, materials, designs, logo, and other elements of our overall visual identity and branding. This was partly driven by new CGIAR branding guidelines; we also wanted to give our work … Continue reading
Get social, get connected – ways to communicate and share internally!
Over and over, we hear the message in ILRI that we need better internal communication (and i recently heard exactly the same message from IFPRI and CIMMYT). So what are some of the thing you can do, individually or in teams? 1. ILRI uses lots of ‘social’ participatory communication media. You can use these to … Continue reading
Consultations on the new ILRI strategy – reports from external and internal conversations
In July and August 2012, the strategy task force produced an updated strategy outline for ILRI. This drew on previous consultations with staff, outside partners and other stakeholders. We held three internal discussions (July 25; August 17; and August 21) with 87 people from across ILRI to share and test our thinking on a number … Continue reading
Keeping up with the CRPs – where to find the news and the information
As we all know, the CGIAR Research Programs are upon us … Generating lots of changes and lots of discussion, and sometimes even some uncertainty and stress! One of the challenges they generate is communication. Where do I find out about them? Which ones is ILRI involved in? What are they doing? And what’s the … Continue reading
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