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
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
Expert opinion agrees that the best way to tap into the potential of the drylands is to build on the foundation of their livestock economies rather than ignoring them or seeking to replace them.
Human, livestock and environmental health are inextricably linked, Sixty-one per cent of all diseases are ‘zoonotic’ –that is, transmissible between animals and humans.
For people living in absolute poverty and chronic hunger, the solution is not to rid the world of livestock, but to find ways to farm animals more efficiently and more sustainably
Dear Colleagues, ILRI Ethiopia Stores Unit will carry out the End of Year Stock-take exercise from Wednesday 29th December to Friday 31th December 2021. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended. You are therefore requested to submit your Warehouse Order requests through the OCS up to Monday 27th December 2021 only. Normal operations … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues, ILRI Kenya Stores Unit will carry out the End of Year Stock-take exercise from Thursday 16th December to Friday 17th December 2021. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended to. You are therefore requested to submit your Warehouse Order requests through the OCS by mid-day, Tuesday 14st December 2021. Normal operations … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues, Please note that the deadline for the BID invitation has been extended for one week due to holiday & other reasons up to Sep 24,2021 4:oo pm. Don’t forget to click confirm on the bid notification email once u submit your response. With Kind regards. Continue reading
ILRI Ethiopia: Stores Unit Closure for 2021 Third Quarter Stock-take Exercise. Dear colleagues, Kindly post this announcement to all ILRI Ethiopia Staff Announcements on ILRINET. ILRI Ethiopia Stores Unit will carry out the Third Quarter Stock-take exercise from Tuesday 28th Sept to Thursday 30th Sept 2021. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended … Continue reading
Dear colleagues, Kindly post this announcement to all ILRI Kenya Staff Announcements on ILRINET. ILRI Kenya Stores Unit will carry out the Third Quarter Stock-take exercise from Thursday 23rd Sept to Friday 24th Sept 2021. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended to. You are therefore requested to submit your Warehouse Order requests … Continue reading
Dear ILRI Community, Further to the directive sent from the UAE, please be informed that effective Sat, 04th Sept 2021, Ethiopia has been added to the list of restricted countries by UAE Authorities. Hence, passengers from ADD with final destination to DXB need to fulfill the following in order to travel: All passengers entering DXB … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues, Please be advised that the following dates will be observed as official holidays of ILRI Ethiopia: Ethiopian New Year will be observed on Saturday, 11 September 2021. Since this official holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday, 10 September 2021 will be observed as a holiday; The finding of the True Cross (Meskel) … Continue reading
IFPRI, in collaboration with our government partners (EIAR), are developing an early warning weather system that uses microwaves between cell towers to forecast rainfall up to 4 hours before it begins. Commercial microwave links (CML), operated by telephone service providers, experience signal attenuation (“waves flatten”) during rains and an algorithm can be used to predict … Continue reading
INVITATION TO BID FOR SALE OFFICE AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, COMPUTERS & LAB. EQUIPMENT, etc THE INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ILRI) would like to dispose of assets in a competitive bidding process for interested staff (with valid ILRI ID and PFN number) and invites to submit price offers for the following materials. Household furniture, computers, Lab. … Continue reading
Greetings! Dear Travelers, Please be updated on the following travel-related information Passenger disclosure and attestation to the United States of America The United States federal law requires each individual passenger destined to USA, 2 years of age or older must provide a separate attestation. Accordingly, for minors travelling with parents/guardians, a parent or other authorized … Continue reading