A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. Kenya’s agriculture ministry is pushing for a Sh6 billion budget to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a deadly animal viral disease ravaging 23 arid and semi-arid … Continue reading
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. First, this cool graphic, a random find on Reddit: Population density of the 1.4 billion cows of the world per square kilometer. The Thomson Reuters Foundation has … Continue reading
African Agriculture sector is aiming investment and introduction of latest technologies, leading to an increased demand in the Irrigation Technology, Seeds & Bio-Technology, Agriculture Equipment, storage solutions, Agriculture Chemicals and Dairy Technology Industry. Agritec Africa is jointly organized with Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Republic of Kenya. Agritec Africa 2018 has also planned … Continue reading
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid, and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff. Continue reading
Making the Asian dairy sector more sustainable Call for entries Dairy Asia is pleased to issue a call for entries for the Dairy Asia Sustainability Award. The award intents to recognize success stories of practice change from Asia and the Pacific region that make dairy systems more sustainable, both on- and off- farm. The Dairy … Continue reading
ILRI’s official tagline is ‘better lives through livestock’. We previously talked about ‘livestock, pathways out of poverty’. We call our in-house newsletter ‘Livestock Matter(s)’. We often search for snappy and insightful ways to express and share what we do. To mark 40 years research at ILRI, this week you will see a series of posters … Continue reading
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
In 2014, to mark 40 years of international research, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is facilitating a series of events that highlight the ways in which livestock research advances the global development agenda, specifically for sustainable food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives. These events bring together global, regional and local actors … Continue reading
Aziz Karimov joined ILRI on 1 January, 2014 as a Scientist – Production Value Chain Economist and Impact Assessment based in Hanoi. Aziz is an applied Economist with special interests in agricultural, forest, resource and environmental economics. He is also keen conducting interdisciplinary research in the areas of rural development, poverty and food policy. He … Continue reading
Jennifer Kinuthia joined ILRI as an Administrative Assistant on 6 January, 2014, Capacity Development Unit. She has more than four years’ experience gained in Administrative duties. Recently worked as an Administrative Assistant for Cargo Human Care Medical Centre. She has a Diploma in Business Administration and currently doing a Degree in Business Administration and Management … Continue reading
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