In October, ILRI will join many partners to host a ‘share fair’ on the Addis Ababa campus. The event will share and showcase the ways agricultural and rural knowledge in and of Africa is created, shared, communicated, and put to use. We expect some 250 participants from across Africa, and from partners like FAO, IFAD, … Continue reading
Author Archives: ILRI Communications
Check out the new ICT portal
A new way to find information on ICT at ILRI Introducing the ICT Portal provided by the common service unit for ICT. This is a website containing information on ICT, including and not limited to: Highlights – short write-ups on what’s in the ICT news ICT Resources available for your use, how to request for … Continue reading
Yammer for You?
More and more of us are looking for ways to easily connect, communicate and share online. Some people like Facebook or Twitter, others prefer a more restricted network with colleagues. Yammer (www.yammer.com) is one of the tools we are using in ILRI. To keep up with colleagues, to share ideas, questions, and progress. If you … Continue reading
Nadia Manning-Thomas joins ILRI
So, many of you will have seen a change in my work arrangements recently and started to see me in the KMIS division of ILRI. My name is appearing on emails, programs and documents and I have been participating in ILRI events (e.g APM)– and you may be wondering about it (and about me). Well … Continue reading
Using SurveyMonkey at ILRI
ILRI has recently purchased a professional license for SurveyMonkey (www.surveymonkey.com), the world’s most popular web-based survey tool! Our professional license gives staff added benefits of: Unlimited questions Unlimited responses Ability to export, print, and share reports in PDF and Excel Advanced survey design tools: survey templates and skip logic Advanced reporting tools: custom charts, cross-tabs … Continue reading
ILRI Blogs – Keeping up with your colleagues
One of the most successful ‘new media’ applications in recent years is the blog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog). It has moved from a personal diary or weblog into the mainstream of scientific and scholarly publishing. See for example Nature Blogs (http://blogs.nature.com) and ScienceBlogs (http://scienceblogs.com). Blogging is an increasingly popular activity in ILRI. Especially by projects looking for straightforward … Continue reading
Livestock Fish consultation resources
Last week, ILRI hosted a stakeholder meeting for the Mega program 3.7 proposal-writing process. If you are looking for information: The notes from the meeting are captured at http://livestock-fish.wikispaces.com/addis_stakeholder_meeting There are some public postings from the consultation on the blog: http://livestockfish.wordpress.com/ All the powerpoint files are on the wiki; they are also at: http://www.slideshare.net/ilri. There … Continue reading
ILRI organizes ICTs in Agriculture exhibition at UNECA
From 29 January to 2 February, the African Union Commission (AU), with the technical cooperation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), organized an exhibition under the theme Information and Communication Technologies for Africa which took place in parallel with the 14th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government. ILRI joined … Continue reading
Peter Ballantyne on board and leading the Knowledge Management and Information Services team
On 1 September 2011, Peter Ballantyne officially joined ILRI as the KMIS Manager and will lead the teams in Nairobi and Addis from his office in the ILRI Addis campus. One of the first things Peter did on arrival in Addis was to encourage all the KMIS teams to join others on the Yammer communication … Continue reading
ILRI InfoCentre participates in the First International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives
The Conference/Forum that took place at the Addis Ababa UN Conference Centre on July 1–3, 2009 brought together staff and senior program leaders of key African intergovernmental and development organizations to discuss the importance of ensuring that the development and use of information and knowledge resources and services are recognized as critical for inclusive development … Continue reading
Maarifa - Communications and Knowledge Management 