ILRI / Kenya / Official

Kenya campus lunch menu – Monday, October 6, 2014

Below please find today’s lunch menu for Nairobi campus – Monday 6th October 2014 Pea & Mint Soup – Kshs 70/=Special of the Day Tanzanian Beef with Matoke Steamed Vegetables Kshs 200/= Fish in Coconut SauceBoiled Rice Wilted Spinach Kshs 300/= Sweet and Sour PorkFried Noodles Stir Fry Vegetables Kshs 300/= Chicken CurryChapatti Vegetable of the day Kshs 300/= … Continue reading

Official / Southern Africa / Staff

Sikhalazo Dube: Regional representative, southern Africa

Pleased to introduce you to Sikhalazo Dube, from Zimbabwe who will take up the position of Regional Representative for Southern Africa based in Harare, Zimbabwe, beginning 1 November 2014. Sikhalazo is a full professor and until recently was a Research Team Manager: Rangelands Management and Forage Program at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC)-Animal Production Institute … Continue reading

ILRI / ILRIComms / Official

Internal communications, email messages, update

Further to Martin’s message on emails and internal communications, here are a few tips and reminders. All staff can send an email message to ILRIAnnouncements These messages are automatically published on http://announcements.ilri.org where you can see them. Please bookmark this link and visit it at your convenience. These messages can be of any type. So … Continue reading

EOHS / Kenya / Official / POD

Fire marshals training in Kenya: October 28–30 2014

Residential fires, workplace fires, and environmental fires such as bush-fires can result in severe and fatal burn injuries. They also lead to property loss, psychological distress, and sometimes loss of life. Many studies have identified fire safety training as a way of increasing fire safety knowledge and improving response to fires with the aim of … Continue reading

Ethiopia / Official / POD

3 October: ILRI Addis official holiday announcement

Original message from People and Organizational Development unit Please be advised that Eid-al-Adha will be observed on Saturday, 4 October 2014, since Eid-al-Adha falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday 3 October 2014 will be observed as a holiday of ILRI – Ethiopia. Therefore, our offices will be closed on Friday. Happy holiday! Selamawit Woldeberhan  |  People and Organizational Development … Continue reading

ILRI / Official

E-mail distribution list changes – announcements

Original message from Martin van Weerdenburg In an effort to reduce the number of email announcements you receive and to improve ILRI’s internal communications, CKM (Communications and Knowledge Management) and ICT teams are planning to implement the following changes: Restrictions will be placed on the use of ILRI- and campus-wide distribution lists from 1st October … Continue reading

Agriculture / Ethiopia / Kenya / Official

LiveQUOTES – Livestock R US posters on ILRI campuses

ILRI’s official tagline is ‘better lives through livestock’.  We previously talked about ‘livestock, pathways out of poverty’. We call our in-house newsletter ‘Livestock Matter(s)’. We often search for snappy and insightful ways to express and share what we do. To mark 40 years research at ILRI, this week you will see a series of posters … Continue reading