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
We will be conducting a preventive maintenance on our PBX system on the coming Saturday 18 April 2015, for this purpose the phone service will be intermittent during the work time which is from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Do let us know if you have already planned any work which depends on the phone … Continue reading
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Car for SALE Red VW Polo 2006 Automatic, 1.4L petrol USD$4,500 o.n.o. (duty not paid) Contact: Liz 0729 808 400 Email: e.obrien@cgiar.org Imported June 2013 from IBC (Japan). 96,433 km on the clock. Major service conducted 22/01/2015 & has been regularly serviced every 5,000km/6 months. 1 lady owner. In excellent condition. Can sell duty paid but this … Continue reading
Car for SALE White Mitsubishi Outlander 2007 Automatic AWD, 7 seater, 2.4L petrol USD$13,000 o.n.o. (duty not paid) Contact: Liz 0729 808 400 Email: e.obrien@cgiar.org Imported November 2012 from IBC (Japan). 98,800 km on the clock. Major service conducted 25/03/2015 & has been regularly serviced every 5,000km/6 months. All terrain tyres (~ 6 months old). … Continue reading
As you may be aware, Commander Kebede Alemu is retiring from ILRI. As a result we have recruited a new chief of security who will be joining us next Wednesday on 15 April. Commander Kebede will graciously continue assisting us until June through the transition. Ato Admassu Mekonnen is joining us from Sheraton Addis where … Continue reading
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The Forage Diversity Project staff will be moving from their current office effective 14 April to allow work on demolition and construction of the new building to start. The temporary entrance will be via the labs on the back right of the current lab. Staff can be reached by telephone on 2350 and 2355. Thanks, … Continue reading
Stores Unit will carry out the 2015 First Quarter Stock-take exercise from 13th–15th April 2015. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended to. You are therefore kindly requested to submit your MIN requests by mid-day, Thursday 9th April 2015. Normal operations will resume on Thursday, 16th April 2015. Apologies for any inconveniences this … Continue reading
New supervisor of the OCS implementation, Misja Brandenburg is happy to inform you about the current status and plans with OCS. Remember what OCS is? One Corporate System. A CGIAR-wide initiative to implement the same business system (software) for managing human resources, financial management, procurement, project management etc. OCS will replace many of the current systems … Continue reading
On behalf of the Livestock Systems and Environment program, I invite you to join us on 16 April 2015 at the ILRI Nairobi Mazingira Centre from 1400 to 1600 hours for the Mazingira Environmental Research Centre open day. This state-of-the-art environmental research Centre enables scientists to measure emissions from a full range of sources in … Continue reading