http://www.cgiar.org A Global Agricultural Research Partnership Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:31:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9996 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9996#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:36:16 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=416104 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...]]> http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9996/feed/ 0 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/pathogen-ecologies-and-human-interventions-the-natural-and-unnatural-histories-of-zoonotic-diseases/ http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/pathogen-ecologies-and-human-interventions-the-natural-and-unnatural-histories-of-zoonotic-diseases/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:07:36 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=416141 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...]]> http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/pathogen-ecologies-and-human-interventions-the-natural-and-unnatural-histories-of-zoonotic-diseases/feed/ 0 http://aghealth.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/the-lancet-launches-new-series-on-zoonoses/ http://aghealth.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/the-lancet-launches-new-series-on-zoonoses/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:50:28 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=416148 http://aghealth.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/the-lancet-launches-new-series-on-zoonoses/feed/ 0 http://aghealth.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/400/ http://aghealth.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/400/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:13:04 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=416155 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...]]> http://aghealth.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/400/feed/ 0 http://nilebdc.org/2012/11/28/planning-the-next-14-months-of-the-nile-basin-development-challenge/ http://nilebdc.org/2012/11/28/planning-the-next-14-months-of-the-nile-basin-development-challenge/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:09:23 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=416162 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 ...]]> http://nilebdc.org/2012/11/28/planning-the-next-14-months-of-the-nile-basin-development-challenge/feed/ 0 http://botswanalivestock.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/welcome/ http://botswanalivestock.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/welcome/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:54:14 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=416170 Welcome to the blog of the project, Competitive Smallholder Livestock in Botswana. The project is a collaborative research activity involving the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, the Botswana Ministry of Agriculture and the Internati...]]> http://botswanalivestock.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/welcome/feed/ 0 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/investing-in-rural-knowledge-ipms-helps-build-arbisi-primary-school-in-ethiopia/ http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/investing-in-rural-knowledge-ipms-helps-build-arbisi-primary-school-in-ethiopia/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:55:05 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410718 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/investing-in-rural-knowledge-ipms-helps-build-arbisi-primary-school-in-ethiopia/feed/ 0 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/healthy-futures-project-examines-ways-to-understand-vector-borne-diseases-climate-change-and-food-security/ http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/healthy-futures-project-examines-ways-to-understand-vector-borne-diseases-climate-change-and-food-security/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:22:20 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410725 Together with regional stakeholders, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) generated so-called ‘socio-economic scenarios’.  These scenarios aim to explore key regional socio-economic and governance un...]]> http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/healthy-futures-project-examines-ways-to-understand-vector-borne-diseases-climate-change-and-food-security/feed/ 0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/sets/72157626954908276 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/sets/72157626954908276#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:39:50 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410711 ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilri/sets/72157626954908276/feed/ 0 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/10007 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/10007#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:54:41 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410704 ‘Fewer but better fed animals can make livestock production more efficient.’ This was said by Mario Herrero at ILRI in Nairobi. Herrero was speaking on13 Nov 2012 in the of a series of science seminars organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Cl...]]> http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/10007/feed/ 0 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9988 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9988#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:52:18 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=399255 Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched today, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with 25% of poor households lifted above the poverty line in the humid tropics in the next 15 years. ILRI is a partner in this new ...]]> http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9988/feed/ 0 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24810 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24810#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410767 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24810/feed/ 0 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/indias-livestock-development-trajectory-exemplary-not-only-huge-in-aggregate-but-also-small-in-scale-and-sustainable-in-nature/ http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/indias-livestock-development-trajectory-exemplary-not-only-huge-in-aggregate-but-also-small-in-scale-and-sustainable-in-nature/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:17:26 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=392027 Jimmy Smith, director general of ILRI, highlighted the efforts of ICAR in the livestock sector and said he hoped for strengthening of research and development through collaborative initiatives. He said India’s ‘white revolution’ is led by demand ...]]> http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/indias-livestock-development-trajectory-exemplary-not-only-huge-in-aggregate-but-also-small-in-scale-and-sustainable-in-nature/feed/ 0 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24787 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24787#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=410775 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24787/feed/ 0 http://marketopportunities.blogspot.com/2012/11/ethiopia-leather-industry.html http://marketopportunities.blogspot.com/2012/11/ethiopia-leather-industry.html#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:38:59 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=399656 New ILRI scientist Jo Cadilhon reports on an international conference organized by CTA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme ‘Making the connection: Value chains for transforming smallholder agriculture’ and field trips he took about an...]]> http://marketopportunities.blogspot.com/2012/11/ethiopia-leather-industry.html/feed/ 0 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24788 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24788#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=392139 http://cgspace.cgiar.org:80/handle/10568/24788/feed/ 0 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9929 http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9929#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:13:01 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=391987 Here we begin the third and final part of this ILRI ‘livestock live talk’ presentation by Delia Grace ‘The lethal gifts of livestock’, in Oct 2012. ‘So we’ve talked a bit about the big picture: human health and disease in the 21st c...]]> http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/9929/feed/ 0 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/crypto-and-other-diseases-we-get-from-animals-are-on-the-rise-in-poor-countries/ http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/crypto-and-other-diseases-we-get-from-animals-are-on-the-rise-in-poor-countries/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:53:42 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=392020 Sarah Ooko, special correspondent for the East African, reports that ‘animal to human diseases are on the rise’ in this region. Zoonoses’ is the term used for diseases transmitted between animals and people; some 60% of all human diseases are ‘...]]> http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/crypto-and-other-diseases-we-get-from-animals-are-on-the-rise-in-poor-countries/feed/ 0 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/wollo/ http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/wollo/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:55:59 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=392013 http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/wollo/feed/ 0 http://ilrijobs.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/ilri-vacancy-post-doctoral-scientist-mitigation-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-closing-2-december-2012/ http://ilrijobs.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/ilri-vacancy-post-doctoral-scientist-mitigation-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-closing-2-december-2012/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:23:03 +0000 ILRI http://feeds.cgiar.org/?p=392178 http://ilrijobs.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/ilri-vacancy-post-doctoral-scientist-mitigation-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-closing-2-december-2012/feed/ 0