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Collaborative agricultural research in Africa gets a welcome boost
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Animal nutrition and feeds
26/02/10
The Alliance of CGIAR Centers reached an important milestone at its workshop 9-12 February 2010 in Rome. Partners from the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR) and the CGIAR Science Counci...
25/02/10
What will we be able to grow in another 40 years?
Temperatures seem set to soar to perilously high levels because of climate change. In another 40 years,...
25/02/10
FAO report analyzes the rapidly changing global livestock production
Around one billion poor people depend on livestock production.
Urgent investments, major ag...
24/02/10
Bio-resources Innovations Network for Eastern Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) announce USD10.67 million grant from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
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24/02/10
The annual migration of over a million wildebeest across the Serengeti and Maasai Mara is often described as one of the greatest spectacles on earth. However, this natural wonder poses a real threa...
24/02/10
Indonesian health officials destroy fowl suspected of carrying the avian flu virus in a neighborhood in Badung, Indonesia Made Nagi / EPA / Corbis
When the 2009 H1N1 flu virus emerged last Ap...
24/02/10
Vacancy Number: RA/MK01/02/10
Posted On: Monday, 22 February 2010
Department: Markets Opportunities
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration...
23/02/10
23/02/10
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 3 years
ILRI seeks a dynamic, innovative Director of Human Resources (HR) to lead the transformation of HR-related strategi...
23/02/10
The policy debates surrounding global warming tend to focus on fossil fuels and carbon emissions. Solutions to climate change, correspondingly, centre on developing renewable energies and increasin...
23/02/10
Kleinbauern in Afrika können ihr Vieh neuerdings gegen Dürren versichern
Der Marsabit-Distrikt in Kenia ist nicht unbedingt eine Touristengegend. Es gibt zwar um den verloschenen Vulkan gleic...
23/02/10
Vacancy Number: LSS/SLF/02/10
Posted On: Monday, 22 February 2010
Department: Others
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 3 years...
23/02/10
The government of Kenya and the donor community should act fast to preserve the way of life of nomadic people.
The economic worth of nomadic people has long been underplayed, though the role...
22/02/10
Reflecting on some ILRI experiences in Ethiopia, Alan Duncan explores some challenges associated with innovation systems approaches that focus less on promoting a specific technical solution and mo...
22/02/10
While a lot of money is being pumped into agriculture in a bid to boost production and alleviate hunger in the world, these efforts are unlikely to succeed without focusing on mixed smallholder far...
19/02/10
Local and international scientists have started the search for an effective and cheaper vaccine to control the spread of East Coast Fever.
“This is an important project for us,” Philip Toye,...
18/02/10
18/02/10
Collaboration among scientists from OIE Reference Laboratories around the world and other relevant experts has led to an updated compilation of 33...
18/02/10
“It’s so hot!” “Why can’t it stop raining?” “The lightning was terrible” I’m not sure about you but I keep finding myself complaining about the weather.
Global warming, Copenhagen, recycling,...
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