I did not think seriously about the fact that I could be a leader until I participated in a facilitation skills workshop for African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) in March 2016. Continue reading
Author Archives: Tsehay Gashaw
Ripples of change and winning people over with engagement: Lessons from Africa RISING
Working with the same group of people, to support their events and processes, clearly presents many opportunities. Through regular engagement it becomes possible to shift the attitude and ideas of people, and the course of their events and processes. Here is an example of such a journey that Africa RISING teams went through. Continue reading
Africa / East Africa / Event / ICT / ILRIComms / Kenya / Knowledge and Information / Social media
ICT and social media help engage youth in agriculture
Among many platforms and apps developed, my attention caught by a platform called Mkulima (a young farmer helping a young farmer) which is a social media platform to engage young farmers. Continue reading
ODK used by ILRI for livestock data collection
Data collecting is a vital part of research for development work, as the results inform good decision making. Paper based system have been used to collect data in the field and for monitoring and evaluation of projects in rural areas. However, this approach is time consuming, labour intensive, error prone that may affect productivity and … Continue reading
Using CIARD RING to publish ILRI information services and tools
Inter-connecting agricultural research information systems and tools is one activity of the ‘Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development’ (CIARD) movement. It has set up an online ‘RING‘ as a registry of information services provided by various organizations working in this area. The RING draws on information submitted by organizations like the International Livestock … Continue reading
Reporting and communication help power FAO agriknowledge ShareFair in Addis Ababa
In October 2012 the Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) team at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa worked day and night to help make a success of an AgriKnowledge ShareFair ‘Towards Food and Nutrition Security in the Horn of Africa.’ The Horn of Africa has suffered several droughts in the last … Continue reading
ILRI ‘communications’ powers the Livestock Exchange event
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) and Public Awareness (PA) teams were heavily involved in organizing, facilitating, documenting and reporting about the recent Livestock Exchange (or LivestockX) event held on 9 and 10 November 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event, which was hosted by the ILRI Board of Trustees, had 130 … Continue reading
ILRI’s KMIS reports on AgProAfrica Conference
From 1 -3 November 2011, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Forum for Agricultural Research in African (FARA) held a conference on “Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security in Africa.” Our Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) team … Continue reading
Continuous communications learning opportunities for ILRI campus staff
In ILRI we have loads of research outputs and also lots of knowledge and valuable ideas are produced through our big events and workshops. Together with ILRI Public Awareness, ILRI’s Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) aims to support knowledge sharing and communication activities in ILRI. KMIS helps to capture the knowledge, documenting and sharing … Continue reading
Web 2.0 learning opportunity in Ethiopia ’empowering’ for participants
A five-day web 2.0 training was conducted from May 23-27, 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training was organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA). Participants came from Government offices, Universities, the United Nations, Non-Governmental and International Organizations with various areas of specialization. The … Continue reading
Maarifa - Communications and Knowledge Management 