Category Archives: ILRI

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Climate Change Knowledge Exchange: Great conversations, good learning, but one step missing for transformation and action?

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The Institute for Development Studies (IDS) hosted a ‘Climate Change Knowledge Exchange‘ on 5-6 March 2013. The exchange which was designed with the intention of being ‘an antidote to death by Powerpoint‘, was co-created on the Climate Change and Social Learning (CCSL) sandbox – which was set up by ILRI and the CGIAR Research Program on … Continue reading →

East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information

Nile BDC planning and consultation meetings: Where communication becomes central

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Between November 2012 and February 2013, the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) ran two major events to help steer its efforts in this last year of the Challenge. On 15 and 16 November, a largely internal planning workshop gathered 25 participants representing the four NBDC  projects. On 20-21 February 2013, about 70 people – project staff, partners and other related parties … Continue reading →

CCAFS / Climate change / Event / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information

Social learning, climate change and food security: The CCSL sandbox

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In late 2011, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) issued a call for proposals to help develop a CCAFS ‘strategy on communication and social learning’.  This was the start of a collaboration between CCAFS and ILRI’s Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) team on Climate Change and Social Learning … Continue reading →

Event / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information / Social media / Training

ILRI Komms Klinics in 2013: More and better training on communication and knowledge for ILRI staff

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Since 2011, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been organizing various training courses on social media, communication and knowledge management, with the brand name ‘Komms Klinics‘. Looking back In 2011, the various sessions were organized for staff to get acquainted with different communication and social media  tools they could use in their research work, such as Yammer, iGoogle, wikis, blogging among … Continue reading →

ILRI / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information / Open access

Open agricultural knowledge: On MOOCs, mobiles, innovation, outcomes, theories of change

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Last week I attended an Open Knowledge for Agricultural Development Convening organized by Michigan State University (MSU), OER Africa, and The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM). The aim was to explore ways to “accelerate agricultural development through open knowledge practices”; we discussed innovations in open learning from the AgShare project, as … Continue reading →

Article / ILRI / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information

Writing our science for development: A new look at writeshops

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Carbon sequestration, GHG emissions, NDVI, GIS…..these are some of the words that routinely fly in a conversation around my workspace. You see, I sit with subject matter specialists and that subject is  the environment. The words are perfect for scholarly publications but my raison d’etre is to put them in everyday language so that farmers, staff … Continue reading →

East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / ILRI / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information

Reporting and communication help power FAO agriknowledge ShareFair in Addis Ababa

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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 →

Article / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information

Co-creating knowledge vital in research for development

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Local, indigenous, knowledge is essential in any country. It is a crucial asset that people can tap into in their struggle for survival. Local knowledge is meeting renewed interest in multi-stakeholder processes where scientists, farmers and other stakeholders work together to share and co-create knowledge on an equal footing in the pursuit of achieving mutual … Continue reading →

Crop-livestock / East Africa / Event / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRIComms / Intensification / Southern Africa / West Africa

Communication and facilitation at the heart of Africa RISING meetings

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From September to late October 2012, the Africa RISING program held a series of review and planning workshops. These followed a series of other inception, design and project workshops held since January 2012. The Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) team of ILRI contributed to this series of workshops: through design, organization, facilitation, social reporting … Continue reading →

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Incorporating multimedia in ILRI’s research

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Last week, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff in Nairobi and Addis Ababa Ethiopia attended a Komms Klinic session on ‘working with multimedia’. Nairobi participants enjoyed the live presentation while Addis colleagues joined in Via WebEx. Paul Karaimu , ILRI’s corporate writer led the session and engaged participants in a captivating presentation and discussion on: … Continue reading →