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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ILRI E&SEA office will close
Dear colleagues, Please be advised that ILRI E&SEA office will close during February 4th – 8th, 2019 for Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Traditional Tet holidays). We will resume on February 11th, 2019. You can see in the card below, 2019 is the year of the PIG for Vietnam, China and any country celebrating this Lunar … Continue reading
Food Security Modelling – Summer school Sep 2019
Dear Colleagues, An opportunity is available for PhD students and other junior researchers to enrol in a Summer School on Modelling Food Security. Attached is the announcement which also provides a link for more information. summerschool2019_announcement Continue reading
Thursday links
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. Continue reading
ILRI staff appointments/moves: August– December 2018
Nationally recruited staff (NRS) — Kenya Mwihaki Mundia joined the Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa – International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub in August 2018 as communication officer. Mwihaki has five years’ experience in communications; she has expertise in public relations, advocacy, social media management and strategic planning. She is passionate about the environment, poetry … Continue reading
ILRI Ethiopia Stores Unit end year Stock-take
ILRI Ethiopia Stores Unit will carry out the 2018 end year Stock-take exercise from 26th – 28th of December 2018. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended. You are therefore kindly requested to submit your warehouse order requests through the OCS by Friday 21st December 2018. Normal operations will resume on Wednesday, 2nd … Continue reading
Nature Masterclasses Online – Scientific Writing and Publishing Course
Dear colleagues, I hope this email finds you well. I am glad to inform you that as part of ILRI’s investment in capacity development, all staff, fellows and interns will soon have access to Nature Masterclasses Online, specifically on Scientific Writing and Publishing. ILRI’s subscription will offer unlimited access to the scientific writing and … Continue reading
Introducing Abebaw Abebe Lemma – National Liaison and Protocol Officer
Dear Colleagues I am pleased to introduce to you Abebaw Abebe who joined ILRI on 4th December 2018 as the National Liaison and Protocol Officer. Before joining ILRI Abebaw was a Manager of Risk Management and Compliance for Ethio-Life and General Insurance. He has also worked for British Council Ethiopia as a Customer Service Adviser. … Continue reading
Thursday links
A biweekly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff, compiled by David Aronson. Continue reading
Directorate / ILRI / Kenya / Official
The view from Iain’s office – November 2018
I was in Juba, South Sudan on 13–16 November. This mission was a follow up to one in May 2018 when a CGIAR delegation visited the country to explore how CGIAR could contribute to rebuilding resilience in South Sudan. Continue reading
Engineering / ILRI / Kenya / Official
ENGINEERING STAFF MONTHLY MEETING – Tomorrow Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018 from 10.30AM – 12.30PM
Dear Colleagues, Please be informed that Engineering staff shall be holding their monthly meeting Tomorrow Tuesday, November 27, 2018 from 10.30am to 12.30pm. We shall not be available to handle maintenance jobs during that time. Send any critical maintenance requirements for our attention early enough for our action. For movement requests, we kindly urge staff … Continue reading
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