Greetings from Scotland where I am on leave for a week – which partly explains why this blog is a little late! Leadership training Early May saw me at a three-day leadership development training. This was the second module of a two-module course for ILRI senior managers. ILRI has invested considerably in staff development and … Continue reading
The highlight of the AVCD National Conference was the visit and address by the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, who emphasized how his government wants to use science to drive the growth of the agriculture sector. Congratulations to all who contributed to this great event. Continue reading
The visit reminded me of my first trip to Africa in 1977. I was about to enter the final year of my BSc in agriculture course at the University of Aberdeen, and along with five classmates and our Agricultural Botany lecturer, I spent a month in southern Africa. Continue reading
In February we hosted two visitors from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and there were meetings in Nairobi on the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH). Continue reading
I spent a considerable amount of time this month developing the livestock component of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program. This is an initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of the Feed Africa Strategy. Continue reading
As we enter 2018, I want to send you and your families best wishes for the coming year and remind you that we live in a much more safer world than any of our ancestors did. Continue reading
We are starting to consider how ILRI’s research might contribute to reducing the need for migration and how the livestock sector could be leveraged to provide greater economic opportunities, employment and livelihoods, especially for young people, not only in livestock keeping but all along the livestock value chains. Continue reading
For this month’s blog I am posting a modified version of the background paper that I wrote on how to make ILRI a more product- and outcome-driven organization.
In August I presented a keynote address at the 25th anniversary conference of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP). Continue reading
Supporting the Department of Veterinary Services, Nairobi In January our neighbours in Nairobi at the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) suffered a fire which destroyed much of their administrative building. Following a visit by Jimmy, Dieter, Edward Okoth, Eric Fevre, Bernard Bett, Keith Huma and myself we agreed to provide some computer equipment, IT support … Continue reading
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