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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Support smallholder farmers in western Kenya control Striga
Please check our campaign on controlling striga in Kenya at the link below. AATF is running a crowdfunding campaign on Generosity/ Indiegogo to raise $200,000 to support over 10,000 farmers in western Kenya control Striga weed. Please join the campaign. Specifically there are a few ways to help: Donate – Everything helps. Even small donations … Continue reading
Engineering / Ethiopia / ILRI / Official
ILRI Addis Engineering Unit survey schedule
Kindly note that Engineering Unit team will start the annual condition survey of the office buildings as per the schedule below: Borena 1/2/2016 Menze 1/2/2016 Afar … Continue reading
Engineering / Ethiopia / ILRI / Official
ILRI Addis power outage update
Tomorrow 30 January (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.), ILRI Addis E & FU team has planned to connect a new electric line to the main power supply line of the Borena, Gumuz, Sululta, Info Center, Cafeteria and Zebu buildings. This serves as a backup route in case of emergency. Apologies for any inconvenience this might cause to you. EFU … Continue reading
ILRI-DAAD PhD scholarships 2016
ILRI is collaborating with DAAD by offering up to eight in-region PhD scholarships in 2016 through a co-funding arrangement. A call for applications will be placed here soon. Continue reading
ILRI Addis Engineering monthly staff meeting
Please be informed that the Engineering staff will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow Thursday, January 28, 2016 from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. We therefore will not be available to handle any maintenance requests during this time. Kindly send any critical maintenance requests by 9.00 a.m tomorrow. For more information: To report any maintenance request, … Continue reading
Corporate Services / ILRI / OCS / Official
OCS update
Let me start with wishing you all a happy 2016: The year that we will have to make some more significant steps in OCS implementation and can start picking the fruits from it. We went fully live with the last part of phase 1 in October and it seems we were reasonably successful; for example … Continue reading
East Africa / ILRI / Official
Public holiday (NRM day) Uganda
Please note that tomorrow Tuesday, 26 January 2016 is designated as an official Public holiday in Uganda. The ILRI Uganda office will therefore remain closed. We will reopen on Wednesday 27th January 2016 as usual. Ben Lukuyu Continue reading
ILRI / Kenya / Unofficial
Paul Mukoma lost his dad
Dear all, It is with sadness that we inform you of the death of Mzee Johnstone Mutunga Mbiti after a short illness. The late Johnstone is the father of Paul Mukoma of ILRI Kenya Transport Department. Family and friends are meeting at Abbey Hotel (along Luthuli Avenue opposite Malindi Dishes), from 5.30 p.m. on 18th … Continue reading
ICT shared service desk
For three months since the ICRAF/ILRI ICT services unit has been using a new software platform to manage ICT incidents and service requests. To further improve efficiency and quality of ICT support services, I’m delighted to announce that, with effect from Wednesday, January 20, 2016, we will put a new ICT ServiceDesk into operation. The … Continue reading
Update on 2014 and 2015 performance reviews and 2016 key result area plans
We would like to thank all staff who have engaged and used Peformax- the new ILRI online staff performance management system to complete their performance reviews and plans. As we start off 2016, we would like to advise all staff on the way forward regarding 2014 & 2015 performance reviews as well as Key Result … Continue reading
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