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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Applications for Sandpit Event Oct 8 -12, 2018
Dear colleagues, Please follow the below link to apply for the Sandpit event scheduled from October 08-12,2018 in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. http://onehealthhorn.net/horn-sandpit-events/ Continue reading
Seminar Presentation: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever – Dr. Lucilla Steinaa
Dear Colleagues, This is to remind you of the invitation to a seminar presentation by Dr. Lucilla Steinaa, Senior Scientist – Animal and Human Health. Title: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever By Dr. Lucilla Steinaa Date: Thursday 21st June 2018 Time: 09:00Hrs – 09:45Hrs Venue: Room 721 WebEx … Continue reading
Instagram personal accounts ‘ILRI’ and ‘International Livestock Research Institute’: Do you know who maintains these personal accounts, please?
Colleagues: Someone associated with the ILRI gym, probably in Addis, has started an account called ‘ILRI’ on Instagram, with many pictures of our gym and facilities. The Instagram account is here: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/38192034/ilri/ There is another Instagram account in the name of International Livestock Research Institute, in Nairobi. It is here: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/688894097/international-livestock-research-institute/ We do not know … Continue reading
Visit from Photographer Chris de Bode
If you are in or around the BecA Hub this week, you may notice the photographer Chris de Bode discreetly peeking about and taking pictures. Chris is a well-known Dutch photographer who has traveled and exhibited widely over the years, often on behalf of the world’s leading NGOs, on subjects ranging from Ebola and the … Continue reading
ILRI Ethiopia Finance Office will be closed for a meeting on June 25, 2018
Good Morning! ILRI Ethiopia finance office will be closed for a meeting on Monday June 25, 2018. Operation will resume on Tuesday June 26, 2018. Regards, Benyam Continue reading
Seminar Presentation: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever – Dr. Lucilla Steinaa
Dear Colleagues, You are invited to a seminar presentation by Dr. Lucilla Steinaa, Senior Scientist – Animal and Human Health. Title: Towards vaccines for control of East Coast fever and African swine fever By Dr. Lucilla Steinaa Date: Thursday 21st June 2018 Time: 09:00Hrs – 09:45Hrs Venue: Room 721 WebEx Connection: Seminar Presentation Thursday, 21 … Continue reading
Thursday Links—by David Aronson
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, by David Aronson. Tanzania now boasts the second-largest cattle herds in Africa, behind only Ethiopia, says the Tanzania Bureau of Statistics. Their number apparently climbed to 30.5 million in … Continue reading
Mid Year Inventory
ILRI Ethiopia Stores Unit will carry out the 2018 Mid-Year Stock-take exercise from 26th – 29th June 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 mid-day, Monday 25th June 2018. Normal operations will resume on Monday, 2nd July … Continue reading
Introducing Adeniyi Samuel Adediran – TAAT Livestock Compact Coordinator
Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to introduce Adeniyi (Niyi) Samuel Adediran who joined ILRI yesterday as the Coordinator of the TAAT Livestock Compact. Niyi will be based in Addis Ababa, be part of the Impact at Scale team, and will report to me. Niyi brings with him two decades of work experience at four … Continue reading
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The view from Iain’s office – May 2018
Greetings from Scotland where I am on leave for a week – which partly explains why this blog is a little late! Leadership training Early May saw me at a three-day leadership development training. This was the second module of a two-module course for ILRI senior managers. ILRI has invested considerably in staff development and … Continue reading
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