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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Addis Finance office closed – July 13th 2016
The ILRI Ethiopia Finance Office will be having its quarterly meeting tomorrow the 13th of July, 2016. As a result the office will be closed on this date from 9:00a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Benyam Befirdu Continue reading
Workstation Backup – Update 11/07/2016
Workstation Data Backup is a critical service provided by the ICT unit to reduce the risk of data loss in the event of an event such as, a computer crash, loss/theft of a computer, etc. Backup is mandatory for institutional devices, to comply with security and audit requirements. In the interest of securing your data, … Continue reading
ILRI Addis Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety (EOHS) audit
There will be Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety (EOHS) external auditors from Nairobi at ILRI Addis campus on July 12 and 13, 2016. Site inspection, EOHS document review and employees health and safety practice on site are the main elements of the audit. Laboratories, kitchens, hostels, stores, recreation areas, workshops/generator unit, garage, water treatment, waste … Continue reading
ILRI / Kenya / Unofficial
Safaricom Diabetes Walk for Nairobi
See attached public notice of road closure and traffic diversion in a number of locations due to Safaricom Diabetes Walk tomorrow. Pius, ILRI Security | Kenya Helpdesk Continue reading
Directorate / ILRI / Official
CGIAR Transition process update
As a follow up to my message of last week Friday 1st July 2016, with reference to the CGIAR Transition process update. Please find additional information concerning changes in the CGIAR System at this web site link: http://www.cgiar.org/about-us/our-governance/ I will include this topic in the Town Hall assembly of which the date will be communicated … Continue reading
International staff appointment, April – June 2016
Lutz Merbold joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as a senior scientist in May 2016. He will lead research activities in the Mazingira Centre and further promote the environmental assessment capacities of the laboratory. Merbold is a biogeochemist with specialization in ecology, ecophysiology and micrometeorology and has worked as a senior scientist and lecturer of environmental … Continue reading
Food for Thought – Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome!
Last Saturday on my flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi I came across the article in this link in the International New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/world/americas/canada-syrian-refugees.html?_r=0 It is worth a read if you can at all afford the time. It relates to Canada and the ongoing global refugee crisis. Of course, the number of refugees taken in … Continue reading
National staff appointments: Nairobi, April – June 2016
Simon Chuchu joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as field coordinator-Feed the Future Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) project’s livestock component in April 2016. He will coordinate field activities and the establishment and management of stakeholder’s relationship, ensuring timely implementation of project activities and supporting project monitoring activities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in … Continue reading
ILRI / Official / POD / Southeast Asia
National staff appointments: Islamabad, January – June 2016
Muhammad Shakeel Ashraf joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as a dairy research associate in January 2016. His role in this position is to conduct different research trials for the development of dairy sector. Shakeel is an animal nutritionist and has worked as a researcher in animal nutrition at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. In … Continue reading
National staff appointments: Addis Ababa, April – June 2016
Anteneh Kassahun joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as procurement and logistics assistant in the Supply Chain Unit effective April 2016. Anteneh holds a BA degree in business administration and information systems (BAIS) from Addis Ababa University School of Commerce and is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Before joining ILRI, he … Continue reading
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