The World Bank recently published an ‘ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook‘ Module 6 ‘ICTs as enablers of agricultural innovation systems’ was co-authored by ILRI’s Peter Ballantyne. The module introduces ICT developments in the wider innovation and knowledge systems; it also explores drivers of ICT use in research and extension. A section on ‘ICT in the Agricultural … Continue reading
Author Archives: Peter Ballantyne (ILRI)
Devising and sustaining agri-water research communication efforts over time
One year ago, in February 2011, project staff from 10 Agriculture Water Management projects got together in a mini ‘share fair’ to share their objectives, intended outcomes, products, timelines, stakeholders and geographical focus. One of the ‘hot’ discussion topics was communication … more specifically how to sustain interest and investment over time. Participants were concerned … Continue reading
ILRI 2011 web services usage update
In the past few years we (‘comms’ people across ILRI) have streamlined our communication workflows and adopted a broader set of external communication platforms and tools. In case you are interested, here are some basic numbers associated with the various services we run. In 2011, these were collectively viewed just over 8 million times; in … Continue reading
From mahider to CGSpace: Moving our research outputs to open repositories
In late 2009, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) began work on an institutional repository using Dspace software. Under the name ‘mahider’ (http://mahider.ilri.org), we intended this repository to be a complete index of all ILRI research products/outputs; with ‘full’ content as often as possible (we struggle to get full versions of articles and other products … Continue reading
ILRI partnerships and communications – making knowledge travel
For the recent LiveSTOCK Exchange event, we asked Bruce Scott, Director of Partnerships and Communications at the International Livestock Research Institute to reflect on changes he has seen and experienced with regard to communications. Watch the video: More on the role of knowledge sharing in the LiveSTOCK Exchange event … Continue reading
Agknowledge Africa share fair – the survey results
In October 2010, ILRI Addis Ababa was the venue for a ‘share fair’ on Africa’s agricultural and rural knowledge. See the wiki about the event here In September 2011, the second Rome share fair will be hosted by IFAD (more info); so we decided to ask people who attended the Addis share fair what they … Continue reading
Knowledge is like rainwater … supporting the NBDC with knowledge and communication
This week, communication people from across the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) meet in South Africa to compare and agree ways to improve communication and collaboration practices within the CPWF and among its partners. ILRI’s Peter Ballantyne is attending for the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) – one of the CPWF-supported Basin … Continue reading
Following ILRI news and research outputs as a ‘daily paper’
Some of us find it difficult to keep track of all the various information, knowledge and news produced by ILRI and the CGIAR ….. This post is a quick intro to a service called ‘paper.li’ This is a clever tool that looks at Twitter according to some profiles we set up, and produces a ‘daily … Continue reading
Livestock and climate change news aggregator
The Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change Collaborative Research Support Program has created a web-link to information from more than 200 streams of news items posted on the websites of international and US organizations. The aggregated news is filtered for information on issues relevant to livestock, climate change, nutrition, and gender. See the feed at: … Continue reading
External review of ILRI communications
In February 2011, ILRI will carry out an external review of its communication activities. The terms of reference are: To review and take stock of ILRI’s external communication activities (web, publications, media, press and film etc). To comment on the relevance of ILRI’s communications strategy To review the efficiency and effectiveness of the current structure … Continue reading
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