Mixed crop-and-livestock farmers can feed the growing world
Mixed crop-and-livestock farms will, more than the traditional breadbaskets and rice bowls of the past, feed the developing world over the next few decades
Latest Entries
Friday morning coffee – Nairobi, October 17, 2014
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday morning coffee (FMC) announcements and updates on 17 October 2014. Listen in! Continue reading
Engineering / ILRI / Kenya / Official
Engineering staff monthly meeting – Thursday October 30, 2014
Please be informed that Engineering staff shall be having their monthly meeting on Thursday, October 30, 2014 from 10.30am to 12.30pm. We shall therefore not be available to handle maintenance jobs during that time. Send any critical maintenance requirements for our attention by 8.30am tomorrow. We regret any inconveniences that may be caused. Kind regards. Wanjawa, … Continue reading
ILRI Ethiopia VSAT link is down
Please note that our VSAT link is down. We have contacted the service provider to diagnose and restore the link. This will affect websites that are routed over the VSAT and the IVDN link including dialing to Nairobi using the short extension. You can dial using long number +254 20 422 xxxx. We will keep … Continue reading
ILRI Kenya: Six A Side Soccer Tournament 2014 registration
The soccer season is here again with us and we warmly welcome one and all. Normally, we have this tournament running just before our end year bash is thrown. Hence ,we have to act swiftly in running this tournament because the date for that bash is out, that is 11th of Dec 2014 . Therefore, … Continue reading
Transport to 6th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA), KICC, Tuesday 28 October
As you know, the 6th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture (AACAA) is being held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre from 27-30 October. Meeting every four years, the AACAA assembly provides a forum for researchers, policy makers, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders to share scientific findings and experiences in animal agriculture in Africa and beyond. … Continue reading
Seminar talk: Site-directed genome editing: an innovative technology for plant breeding
You are hereby invited for the above Seminar Talk by Prof. Kan Wang on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, starting 1130hrs through to 1230hrs. The venue will be the Ndama Lounge. Prof. Kan Wang is the Director of plant transformation facility in Iowa State University. She developed plant transformation facilities for public. This facility was the … Continue reading
Message from Nelson Mwalwala: Kwaherini! Goodbye!
I wish to inform you (albeit lately) that I left ILRI on September 30, 2014 as my position at ILRI was declared redundant. Many thanks for the support you gave me which enabled me to deliver information services efficiently and effectively to the Research community and all stakeholders and above all the memorable inter-actions we shared for the many years at … Continue reading
Conference call: Policies for competitive smallholder livestock production
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
ILRI Kenya Friday Morning Coffee (FMC): October 24, 2014
Welcome to Friday Morning Coffee! Venue: Outside JVC Time: 10:30 to 11:00 am Please be reminded that there will be a team of medics conducting a free Breast Cancer screening for all – (both male and female). This will be going on at the John Vercoe Auditorium (JVC) from 10:00 am till 4:30 pm. Muthoni … Continue reading
Kenya campus: Friday lunch menu and Ka-Tin-Eje Reggae night
Below please find lunch menu for Nairobi campus – Friday, October 24, 2014 Cream of Celery Soup – Kshs 70.00Special of the day Fried Cabbage with Ground Beef Ugali Kshs 150/= Grilled Fish with Coconut sauceSaffron Rice Creamed Spinach Kshs 300/= ZigniInjera Fried Kale Kshs 300/- VegetarianKidney Beans Chapatti Vegetables Kshs 130/= Fruit Salad @ … Continue reading
ILRI Announcements 