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
ILRI Addis E & FU team has planned to conduct the following activities on Saturday, January 16th from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m: Semi-annual planned preventive maintenance on backup generator sets, In the meantime we’ll be conducting emergency drill training for the maintenance crew to better equip and coordinate the crew in case of emergency. We’ll … Continue reading
ILRI Addis E & FU team has planned a power outage on Saturday, January 9th, 2016 from 9:30a.m. – 11:30 p.m in order to do preventive maintenance work for the generator, emergency team drill and to execute power cable connections in some area. Apologies for any inconvenience this might cause to you. ILRI Addis Engineering team Continue reading
We would like to inform you that starting January 4, 2016 Wegagen bank has moved to its new branch office. This is located at Ebenezer building 1st floor. The name of the branch is “Gurd Shola”. We have confirmed that the branch will provide all the banking services to ILRI staff as usual. For additional … Continue reading
We plan to dispose-off some old used furniture that was returned to Stores from various Units for disposal. Before this exercise is carried out, I wish to request anyone who may want some furniture for office use to come to the Main Stores and identify them, mainly chairs, tables and filing cabinets. The deadline for … Continue reading
We are thrilled with joy and proud to announce the birth of a beautiful baby girl named Talia who arrived on 15th December 2015. We welcome with love a new little princess. Best wishes to both mother and baby. Continue reading
Please note that Sileshi Mirani, Credit Association’s accountant, has resigned from ICARDA as of December 28. We are therefore unable to entertain any loan request coming in January until his replacement is nominated. Thank you. Continue reading
Please find attached ILRI Addis staff payroll calendar for 2016. (payroll calendar) Thanks. Benyam Befrdu Continue reading
We are pleased to announce the birth of a beautiful baby girl named Lisa who arrived last week weighing in at 3.45kg! Both mother & baby are doing great and are settling in at home. We wish them all the best. Joyce Wanderi Continue reading
I spent the first four days of December at a write-shop at Lake Naivasha Country Club, with a team of about 25 people developing the proposal for the new Livestock CRP. While we worked on updates to the whole document, we concentrated on the C-rated parts of the pre-proposal, taking account of the comments of … Continue reading
CIMMYT-Ethiopia is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Tadele Asfaw as Program Management Officer for CIMMYT-Ethiopia, based in Addis Ababa, effective November 19th 2015. Tadele has multi-qualifications and have credentials on Certified International Project Management in American Academy of Project Management and holds MBA Degree fromInternational Institute of Church Management University. He also holds … Continue reading