We are delighted to invite all members to participate in the different aerobics classes (step, insanity and circuit) free of charge until July 31, 2016 with the exception of the Yoga and Zumba classes. We would like to extend THREE free pass YOGA class tickets for the first 10 members who will register at the … Continue reading
Please note that tomorrow Tuesday, 26 January 2016 is designated as an official Public holiday in Uganda. The ILRI Uganda office will therefore remain closed. We will reopen on Wednesday 27th January 2016 as usual. Ben Lukuyu Continue reading
This is the first newsletter on ILRI activities in East and Southeast Asia. It is prepared by Steve Staal, ILRI regional representative based in the Philippines. ILRI’s activities and team in East and Southeast Asia have been expanding in recent months, in part due to the renewed commitment to the region made during the visit … Continue reading
The One Corporate System (OCS) project is an initiative of nine CGIAR Centres and the Consortium Office to implement a common business information system for managing: human resources and payroll, finance and logistics (travel authorization and expenditure reporting, procurement and inventory, fixed assets management), research and project management, planner (budgeting) and project costing and billing. … Continue reading
On 10 February 2015, Dr Rodney Cooke and his wife Josée made an informal visit to ILRI’s office in Hanoi. ILRI Vietnam Country Representative Hung Nguyen and his colleagues received Rodney and Josée and presented an overview of ILRI’s on-going research, projects and partnerships in Vietnam in particular and East and Southeast Asia in general. … Continue reading
Raphael Mrode joined ILRI as principal scientist in quantitative dairy cattle genetics on 15 September 2014. He holds a PhD in animal breeding and genetics and has been involved in the development and research underpinning genetic evaluations in dairy and beef cattle in the United Kingdom over the last 20 years. He has previously been … Continue reading
Celestine Munyaneza has joined the Livelihoods, Gender and Impact (LGI) Program as a DAAD Graduate Fellow at Sokoine University of Agriculture. Celestin’s research work toward PhD degree will be with MoreMikliT Project – ‘Adapting dairy market hubs for pro-poor Smallholder value chains in Tanzania’. ILRI will support Celestine through its offices in Nairobi and Dar … Continue reading
In March 2015, the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) will hold a conference with the theme “Policies for Competitive Smallholder Livestock Production”. The Conference Program Committee is calling for papers/posters that address the various development … Continue reading
Please join in welcoming Salim Werner Nandonde who joined ILRI-Tanzania in June 2014 as Field Coordinator. Salim is based at the More Milk in Tanzania (MoreMilkiT) project office at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania, from where he is contributing to the MoreMilkiT and other ILRI collaborative projects contributing to the smallholder dairy value … Continue reading
On Thursday 9th October Uganda celebrates its National Day (52nd Independence Anniversary); therefore the ILRI-Uganda Office will be closed, and will resume activities on Friday 10th October. Danilo Pezo | Country Representative & Project Leader – Smallholder Pig Value Chains Development in Uganda Project Office Phones: +256 39-2-081154/5 Email: d.pezo@cgiar.org Continue reading
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