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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

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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

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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

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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 →

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

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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 / 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

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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 →