In February we hosted two visitors from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and there were meetings in Nairobi on the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH). Continue reading
I spent a considerable amount of time this month developing the livestock component of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program. This is an initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of the Feed Africa Strategy. Continue reading
As we enter 2018, I want to send you and your families best wishes for the coming year and remind you that we live in a much more safer world than any of our ancestors did. Continue reading
We are starting to consider how ILRI’s research might contribute to reducing the need for migration and how the livestock sector could be leveraged to provide greater economic opportunities, employment and livelihoods, especially for young people, not only in livestock keeping but all along the livestock value chains. Continue reading
For this month’s blog I am posting a modified version of the background paper that I wrote on how to make ILRI a more product- and outcome-driven organization.
In August I presented a keynote address at the 25th anniversary conference of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP). Continue reading
On 6-8 July, I attended a conference at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) on Impacts of International Agricultural Research: Rigorous Evidence for Policy organized jointly by the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). This is a modified version of my address. Continue reading
ILRI ‘Impact book’ In June we have had John McIntire, our former deputy director general (DDG), in Nairobi. John is editing a book that we will be publishing describing the impact of research by ILCA/ILRAD/ILRI over the past 40 years and has been working with the authors of a number of chapters over the past … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues, I place huge value on our excellent staff and recognise the role that each one of you plays in achieving our vision and mission. From time to time we will undertake staff engagement surveys in order to provide every member of staff an opportunity to give their views about ILRI as a place … Continue reading
I made a flying visit (literally) to India over the Easter weekend in April. We have been in discussion for some time with the Government of Odisha (formerly Orissa) in eastern India about a new project to improve livestock feeing systems. Continue reading
ILRI Announcements 