Ethiopia / ILRI / Official

ILRI campus wide seminar “Finding the Sweet Spot between Youth, Innovation, and Agribusiness”

“Finding the Sweet Spot between Youth, Innovation, and Agribusiness” CIMMYT is proud to present Dr Eleni Z Gabre-Madhin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, blueMoon When: March 23rd at 2 PM Lalibela auditorium, ABSTRACT Like elsewhere in Africa, 64% of Ethiopia’s population is below the age of 24.  An astounding 20 million people, or nearly the … Continue reading

Engineering / Ethiopia / ILRI / Official

Addis campus- Construction of new parking lots

Engineering facility unit has plan to construct new parking areas in  the following four locations. Adjacent to road leading to the Borena building from Fuel station. In front of Afar building (IFPRI/ESSP). And at the northern part of the campus. Starting 10/03/17 – 10/04/17, you will be seeing machinery and heavy vehicles at the office … Continue reading

Directorate / Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official

The view from Iain’s office – February 2017

Supporting the Department of Veterinary Services, Nairobi In January our neighbours in Nairobi at the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) suffered a fire which destroyed much of their administrative building. Following a visit by Jimmy, Dieter, Edward Okoth, Eric Fevre, Bernard Bett, Keith Huma and myself we agreed to provide some computer equipment, IT support … Continue reading