Internal communication and knowledge sharing across ILRI is something we need to improve. Wubalem Dejene (PLE in Addis Ababa) is studying for a Master’s degree in Project Management and has chosen to look at ways ILRI communicates internally. PLease help her – and ILRI – by completing her survey. Take the survey here ! Continue reading
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Friday Morning Coffee – Nairobi, July 13, 2012
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading
Friday Morning Coffee – Nairobi, June 29, 2012
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading
Update on CGIAR research program on agriculture for human nutrition and health
Project Highlights (new and on-going) IITA: With support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), IITA is implementing the “ Making Agricultural Innovations Work for Smallholder Farmers Affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa (MIRACLE)” project. Project actions include: improving the production, consumption and marketing of nutritionally-enhanced crop and livestock products, providing evidence for more … Continue reading
Our work on human health and nutrition – Feedback received
As part of our work on a new strategy for ILRI, Delia asked some questions related to ILRI’s work at the interface of animal and human health. If you have some further ideas or comments triggered by this post, please feel free to share them! With thanks to those people who replied, here’s a quick … Continue reading
Friday Morning Coffee – Nairobi, May 11, 2012
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading
Strategy consultations with staff – feedback on ILRI ‘success’ as well as ‘likes and dislikes’
During the visit of George Levvy as consultant to the strategy task force, we organized as series of face to face and virtual conversations with staff. We asked two main sets of questions: 1. what would success for ILRI look like in the future? 2. What do you think we should keep and change about … Continue reading
Interim changes to the Biotech Theme management
Jimmy Smith recently updated staff on changes in our Biotechnology Theme: The new ILRI’s long-term strategy that we’re now developing will help us plan for ILRI’s biotech future. But we’re going to make some interim changes in our biotechnology theme. We’ve been talking to many donors to attract their interest to biotech, and one has … Continue reading
ILRI strategy – Progress update and next steps from Shirley
Dear Colleagues You’ll have noticed the strategy process gaining some momentum in recent days! Firstly, let me say a big thank you to everyone who has already contributed comments or helped to share the story line and tough issues with partners. We want to give you as much opportunity as possible to contribute to the … Continue reading
ILRI strategy: Research on livestock and the environment – how much should ILRI do?
Society has realized there are significant pressures on the world’s food and ecological systems, where the alterations of global biogeochemical cycles could be irreversible and where new drivers, such as climate change, are likely to exert additional pressures for sustainably feeding 9 billion people in the future. At the same time, and especially in the … Continue reading
ILRI Announcements 