Over the next ten years, 26 million Kenyans will be aged between 15 and 24. All of sub-Saharan Africa is enjoying the same youth bulge. The start these youth get in life, the way they find work and information, their attitudes and their knowledge will be fundamental to the future and its prosperity. Rob Burnett, managing … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Knowledge & Information
Livestock and mobile technology: Livestock live talk at ILRI on 11 December 2012
Su Kahumbu, a Kenyan social entrepreneur (TED Global Fellow 2010) and 2010 winner of Apps4Africa award for the the iCow application, a cow management platform that helps small-scale farmers manage their dairy cows, will give a presentation on ‘livestock and mobile technology’ at the ILRI Nairobi campus John Vercoe Auditorium, on 11 December 2012, from 1500-1600 hours. View the event announcement: The iCow … Continue reading »
Article / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / IPMS / Knowledge & Information
Investing in rural knowledge: IPMS helps build Arbisi primary school in Ethiopia
Over the past six years, the Improving productivity and market success (IPMS) project has touched the lives of many Ethiopians at different levels, in different ways and times. For some, it was a stepping stone to the next level in life, or a means to find a purpose, or a way to achieve the greatest … Continue reading »
Making ILRI’s research ‘open’ and accessible
This is open access week … which we mark in collaboration with CGIAR, FAO and other partners. What does it mean for ILRI? The work of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its staff collectively results in a wide range of outputs that are ‘published’ in a number of formats or channels. These include, … Continue reading »
Africa / Agriculture / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / IPMS / Knowledge & Information
IPMS – Farm Radio Participatory Agricultural Radio Series in Ethiopia: Sidama
In 2011, Farm Radio international conducted a Participatory Agricultural Radio Series (PARS) related to two of the commodity value chains of the Improving Productivity and Marketing Success (IPMS) project of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The series focused on apiculture in the Tigray region and fruit tree production in Sidama region. The PARS was implemented … Continue reading »
Africa / Animal Production / Asia / CRP11 / Drylands / Event / Goats / ILRI / India / Innovation Systems / Knowledge & Information / Livestock / MarketOpps / Mozambique / South Asia / Southern Africa
Innovation platforms: Documenting experiences from the imGoats project and beyond
Innovation platforms are a complex and some would say a not-so-straightforward approach. Nevertheless, ILRI, other CGIAR centers and other partners are using this approach in various projects such as the Nile Basin Development Challenge, IMGoats and the recently-completed Fodder Adoption and Fodder Innovation projects. What are innovation platforms exactly? This poster gives some ideas. … Continue reading »
Agriculture / Asia / Extension / ILRI / India / KMIS / Knowledge & Information / South Asia
m-Kisan: Using mobile technologies to strengthen farmer-extension-expert-linkages in India
This week, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) joins partners in India for the launch of the m-kisan project, part of an mFarmer Initiative funded by GSMA (the worldwide association of mobile operators). In partnership with Handygo Technologies, a mobile value adding service provider for major network operators, ILRI will provide quality content mainly for small … Continue reading »
At Rio+20 agriculture and environment must become ‘best friends’ – Frank Rijsberman
Farm landscape in Lalibela, northern Ethiopia (photo on Flickr by Philip Kromer). ‘In the run-up to RIO+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), CGIAR, the global agricultural research partnership, issued a call-to-action. In this seven-point plan, CGIAR outlines how agricultural research for development can contribute to a more sustainable, food-secure future. ‘Bruce Campbell, Director … Continue reading »
Africa / Agriculture / Capacity Strengthening / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Innovation Systems / IPMS / Knowledge & Information / Markets
Increasing capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia
This working paper by Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Azage Tegegne and Dirk Hoekstra of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), on Capacity for knowledge-based smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia: Linking graduate programs to market-oriented agricultural development: Challenges, opportunities and IPMS experience was released by ILRI in January 2012. Graduate programs in agriculture and allied disciplines in Ethiopia are expected … Continue reading »
Biodiversity / Books and chapters / Drylands / East Africa / Environment / Geodata / ILRI / Kenya / Knowledge & Information / NRM / PA / PLE / Policy / Water / Wildlife
ILRI scientists map Kenyan watershed services to benefit people, crops, livestock and wildlife
A map of land use in the Ewaso Ng’iro watershed, taken from Mapping and Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Ewaso Ng’iro Watershed, published in 2011 by ILRI. From Ecosystem Marketplace comes this review of a new publication from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). ‘. . . As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of floods … Continue reading »
