Participatory epidemiology training course kicks off in Togo

Posted on 25 Jan 2010 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

This week, the Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) holds a 5-day training course for trainers in Participatory Epidemiology, in Lomé, Togo. The 11 participants were selected from the 29 Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) practitioners trained in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo as part of the Early Detection Reporting Surveillance … Continue reading →

Asia / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / ILRI / Livestock / Research / Southeast Asia

Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in Southeast Asia and priorities for ILRI’s support

Posted on 5 Jan 2010 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This Status Report by Orville L Bondoc on Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in Southeast Asia and priorities for ILRI’s support was released on 30 December, 2009. In order to establish the priorities for collaborative capacity strengthening activities of the learning institutes in the areas of animal production and veterinary services, ILRI … Continue reading →

Africa / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / Central Africa / ILRI / Livestock / Research / West Africa

Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in West and Central Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support

Posted on 31 Dec 2009 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This Status Report by Adama Traore on Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in West and Central Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support was released on 26 December, 2009. Research-based capacity strengthening is one of the priority activities of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The mission of ILRI’s Capacity Strengthening Unit (CaSt) … Continue reading →

Africa / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / ILRI / Livestock / Research / Southern Africa

Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in southern Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support

Posted on 23 Dec 2009 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This Status Report by Sikhalazo Dube on Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in southern Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support was released on 22 December, 2009. One of the five objectives of ILRI‘s Capacity Strengthening Strategy is to facilitate building sustainable capacity of institutes to build capacity. This could only be achieved … Continue reading →

Africa / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / Central Africa / East Africa / ILRI / Livestock

Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in East and Central Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support

Posted on 21 Dec 2009 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This Status Report by Lusato Kurwijila on Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in East and Central Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support was released on 17 December, 2009. ILRI recognizes that the long-term solution to address the continuous and dynamic nature of capacity strengthening needs is to develop sustainable capacity within the … Continue reading →

Agriculture / Animal Diseases / Animal Health / Capacity Strengthening / Diagnostics / Epidemiology / Livestock

Distance learning courses on animal health and production from the LIDC

Posted on 24 Nov 2009 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • Leave a comment

In October this year, an online database of more than 140 distance learning courses about international development, featuring courses from the RVC, was launched by Distance Learning for Development (DL4D). The postgraduate courses, including Principles of Livestock Production, Globalisation and Health, Planning for Education and Development, Climate Change and Development, and Understanding Poverty are primarily … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Innovation Systems / IPMS / Livestock

Applying innovation system concepts in agricultural research for development: A learning module

Posted on 23 Nov 2009 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This report by Ponniah Anandajayasekeram and Ranjitha Puskur of ILRI and Elias Zerfu of IFPRI on Applying innovation system concepts in agricultural research for development was released on 23 November, 2009. This learning module is expected to have multiple uses. One, a source material for trainings that could be organized at different levels, and two, as … Continue reading →

Africa / BecA / Capacity Strengthening / ILRI / Research

Working to increase the food spply in the developing world

Posted on 28 Sep 2009 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

Under a heading ‘career profiles’ in the AAAS Science Magazine, Jagger Harvey of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub, is profiled. “As a research scientist at the BecA Hub, today Harvey leads research on plant-viral diseases affecting African crops. He also coordinates the placement and training of international and local researchers and students, from … Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / Books and chapters / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / ILRI / Innovation Systems / IPMS / Livestock / Regions

Concepts and practices in agricultural extension in developing countries: A source book

Posted on 27 Mar 2008 by Zerihun Sewunet • Leave a comment

This book by Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, Ranjitha Puskur and Dirk Hoekstra of ILRI and Sindu Workneh of IFPRI on Concepts and practices in agricultural extension in developing countries: a source book was released on 27 March, 2008 The first chapter outlines the emerging challenges faced by agricultural R&D sectors and how paradigms are evolving in response … Continue reading →

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