Trained animal scientist and practicing commercial beef cattle farmer Lindiwe Sibanda, who for years has been one of the most influential thinkers in agriculture, food security and climate change global policy, has been appointed chair of the ILRI Boar…
This week, the Lancet publishes a series on diseases that are ‘zoonotic’, that is, infections shared by people and other animals. The first paper describes the sharing of pathogenic organisms by people and wild and domesticated animals is a natural…
The Lancet has launched a new three-part series on zoonotic diseases (diseases that are transmissible between animals and people). “Zoonoses – pathogenic organisms such as bacteria or viruses which we share with animals – cause more than 60% of …
Scientists conducting research in the area of pathogen discovery, especially virus discovery met for a 4 day workshop on 5-8 Nov 2012. Held at ILRI, Nairobi, the aim of the workshop was to enable ILRI to make informed decisions about which technologies…
The Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) is entering its final year. By December 2013, all activities funded through the Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) need to be complete. A planning exercise on 15 and 16 Nov brought the core partners …
