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
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Invitation to Nairobi event announcing the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
Colleagues, Tomorrow, 30th August 2016, we host an important event at the ILRI Nairobi campus. Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation will personally announce this year’s Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application. Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, the award is presented every October in Des Moines, Iowa, by … Continue reading
Impending changes to your ILRI login
To facilitate improvements to ICT services, the ICT team will be making a change in the way that you login to ILRI systems. The change for users will be, using CGIARAD\Username or your email address instead of ILRI\Username to all services e.g. Email, Intranet, OCS and all other services and systems requiring network authentication. We … Continue reading
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
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
ILRI / Kenya / Unofficial
Sad news – Demise of ILRI Colleague Dr Alok Jha – Regional Representative, South Asia
It is with deep sadness that I convey to you the heartbreaking news of the demise of our colleague and friend, Dr Alok Jha, ILRI Regional Representative, South Asia. Dr Jha passed on at 3.00 a.m. this morning in his Delhi home. The indication is that Dr Jha died of a heart attack. This is … Continue reading
Ethiopia / ILRI / Unofficial
Death of our colleague Aklilu Bogale
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of our colleague Aklilu Bogale, on Saturday, 20 August 2016. Aklilu Bogale’s employment in ILCA/ILRI was as follows: From 16 January 2013 up to 20 August 2016, regular staff as a Database Analyst in Livestock & Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project, Addis … Continue reading
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
ILRI Ethiopia Medical Surveillance – Reminder and additional information
The medical surveillance will be conducted as of August 22 – 26, 2016. Please see below some additional information: Venue is changed to B Block Suite rooms 60 & 62 (there will be signage at the Zebu club to guide you to the places) Reception is at Suite room 62 and then you will be … Continue reading
ILRI / Kenya / Unofficial
KATIN-EJE Presents ALL REQUEST NIGHT – Friday 26th August, 2016
At the ILRI Enkare Club from 4:30 p.m. till late Join us on Friday, 26th August, 2016 Music by QH The DJ Everyone ……… invite your friends Mary Atieno Continue reading
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