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
You are cordially invited to a panel presentation Understanding gender in agriculture hosted by CIMMYT and Chaired by Dr. Kristie Drucza. When: Friday, May 5th 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. followed by a coffee ceremony. Location: Lalibella auditorium, ILRI compound, CMC road, Gurd Sholla. When you arrive tell security you are here for the presentation … Continue reading
Today is World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This is an awareness-raising day intended to focus international attention on how promoting and creating a safety and health culture can help in reducing work-related injuries and diseases. EOHS would like to take this opportunity to share with you health and safety guidelines on Occupational … Continue reading
Dear Zebu club members, We cordially invite you to join us tonight for special Bingo. Thank you, Admassu Wondimu | Housing, Catering and Conference Services Continue reading
Dear Colleagues: This is a quick update on some infrastructure works currently taking place at ILRI Ethiopia Addis campus. Car parking project: – Currently car parking construction is been taking place in four different areas paved with cobble stone. Two of them are faced each other at the back of the Infocentre and left side … Continue reading
CIMMYT is presenting Prof. Thomas Berger (see the attached shortbiography) from Hohenheim University, Germany. He is going to give a campus wide seminar on: Farmers adaptation to climate variability in Ethiopia – Can we provide robust policy options? When: April 19th at 10:00-11:00 AM at Infocenter meeting room You all are Welcome! Aklilework Bekele (CIMMYT) Continue reading
International Women’s Day On International Women’s Day (8 March), People and Organizational Development (P&OD) organized a special event to highlight the occasion. I gave a short presentation on diversity and inclusion in the workplace to set the scene, which then led into other presentations and discussions on gender in the workplace at ILRI and gender … Continue reading
The latest version of the ILRI style guide by the Communications and Knowledge Management Unit is available on the ILRI Comms wiki. The guide is designed to ensure consistency within and across Institute publications, in language usage, visual composition, orthography and typography. Its primary purpose is to promote best practice in: ethics (authorship, open access, … Continue reading
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You might already have heard about new restrictions on hand luggage on flights to USA and UK, banning laptops & tablets from flight from certain countries and airlines. Our travel agents in Nairobi and Addis are aware of the situation and were asked to warn you when booking a flight affected by this. For those … Continue reading
ILRI Ethiopia Stores Unit will carry out the 2017 1st Quarter Stock-take exercise from 29th – 31st March 2017. 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, Tuesday 28th March 2017. Normal operations will resume on Monday, 3rd … Continue reading