Directorate / Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official

IPM 2016 4th – 7th October 2016; Registration information

Dear Colleagues Greetings. As indicated earlier in a message by Iain Wright, ILRI will hold its Institutional Planning Meeting (IPM) in Nairobi from 4 – 7 October 2016. The IPM presents a great opportunity for all “ILRI” to know what “ILRI” is doing around the globe. In 2016, the IPM will focus on ILRI’s science … Continue reading

Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official

Announcing the 2016 Norman E. Borlaug Field Award Winner!

Dr. Andrew Mude 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation Recipient Dr. Andrew Mude was announced today as the winner of the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, for his work in developing insurance for never-before-insured communities whose livelihoods depend … Continue reading

Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official

Appointment of Assistant Director General, Biosciences – Dr. Dieter Josef Schillinger

It is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Dieter Josef Schillinger, who will be joining ILRI on 1st September 2016 as Assistant Director General, Biosciences. Dieter’s remit will include leading ILRI’s upstream research in animal and human health (including vaccines and diagnostics development), animal breeding and genetics, and feed resources development. Dieter Schillinger is a veterinarian … Continue reading

EOHS / Ethiopia / ILRI / Official

ILRI Ethiopia Hosted Organizations staff Medical Surveillance Program

Please be informed that the Medical surveillance for ILRI Ethiopia Hosted Organizations staff will be conducted subsequently from the ILRI Ethiopia staff program as of August 29 – 31, 2016 as per the schedule communicated earlier. The venue is D-Block suit rooms 60 and 62; Time is morning from 9:00 – 12:00am and afternoon from … Continue reading

Ethiopia / ILRI / Official

Engineering staff monthly meeting – August 25, 2016

Please be informed that Engineering staff will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow Thursday, August 25, 2016 from 10.30 am to 12.30 p.m. We shall therefore not be available to handle maintenance jobs during this time.. For any critical maintenance requirements, please send your request by 9.00 a.m. tomorrow. For further information: To report any maintenance … Continue reading

Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Knowledge and Information / Official

ILRI NEWS BLOG: No one dietary choice is the answer to sustainable development ILRI/Jimmy Smith in ‘The Guardian’ yesterday

Illustration via Twitter. The following opinion piece, by Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), was first published in The Guardian on 16 Aug 2016, in response to an opinion piece published by environmental reporter George Monbiot in the same paper on 9 Aug 2016 (I’ve converted to veganism to reduce … Continue reading