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
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Getting an ILRI business card
In the second half of 2012, the KMIS and PA teams at ILRI got together to update and revamp a wide range of ILRI information products, materials, designs, logo, and other elements of our overall visual identity and branding. This was partly driven by new CGIAR branding guidelines; we also wanted to give our work … Continue reading
Friday Morning Coffee – Nairobi, January 11, 2013
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcement. Listen In! Continue reading
East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI
Iain’s update on ILRI Ethiopia – December 2012
I have just returned from 12 days in the UK, over the Christmas and New Year period. While it was great to spend time with my family I did not enjoy the cold, wet and windy weather in Scotland! It is good to be back to the sunshine in Ethiopia – the land of 13 … Continue reading
Welcome our new DDGs Suzanne Bertrand and John McIntire
As the year draws to a close and we look forward to 2013, it is also time for us to welcome our two new Deputy Directors-General (DDGs) to ILRI. You will recall that we had, some months ago, an intensive recruitment and interview process which led to the selection of two Deputy Directors-General. Suzanne Bertrand, … Continue reading
Appointments at ILRI and hosted institutions – October to December 2012
Iddo Dror joined ILRI as Head of Capacity Development on 25 October 2012. He has more than ten years’ capacity development experience gained in academia and international development, combined with experience in teaching, research, and fellowship administration. Dror career track has included assignments with UN agencies and the private sector, several years at the University … Continue reading
Latest strategy document and today’s Town Hall meeting
At today’s town hall meeting, Jimmy mentioned that the latest ‘with tweaks’ version of our strategy was sent t the Board today for a final review. You can download this version at: http://ilristrategy.wikispaces.com/ Please note that this is NOT the final version for public circulation. It is possible that the Board will propose further small … Continue reading
Iain’s update on ILRI Ethiopia – November 2012
The beginning of November saw me back in India for the first time since I left and moved to Addis. I was in Delhi for the first meeting of the ILRI Board of Trustees to be held outside Nairobi or Addis. The meeting included a visit to the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), one of … Continue reading
New faces in the Biotechnology team in Addis Ababa
Several Post-doctoral fellows, a research associate, a research assistant and PhD students recently joined the Biotechnology group in ILRI Ethiopia to work in different projects. Post-doctoral fellows and research associates Kefena Effa is a post- doctoral fellow with Biotech Addis Group starting from 1st of December 2012. In his stay with ILRI he will be … Continue reading
Iain’s update on ILRI Ethiopia – October 2012
The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands, funded under USAID’s Feed the Future initiative for global food security enters its second year this month. The project team is currently finalising site selection and the design of research components. These will deliver a fully integrated, multi-disciplinary programme aimed at the sustainable intensification of cereal-based crop … Continue reading
31 October: join the Komms Klinic on ‘working with multimedia’
On 31 October, Paul Karaimu – ILRI’s Corporate Writer/Editor with the Public Awareness Unit will lead the next ‘Komms Klinic’ on ‘Working with multimedia.’ Join him today from 1100 to 1230 hours in the JVC. The session will focus on the value of incorporating multimedia in our work with case studies of how ILRI uses … Continue reading
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