Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) is an established community of practice (CoP) that seeks to forge linkages and encourage peer learning and exploration around the field of knowledge management for development. The network has grown a lot over the past five years and now has just under 1500 mailing list subscribers and over 2700 Ning … Continue reading
A new IFPRI discussion paper authored by Claire Glendenning (IFPRI) and Pier-Paolo Ficarelli (ILRI) examines content development and management processes occurring in six well-known ICT projects in Indian agriculture. Though there are differences in scale and mechanisms of delivery and feedback, all of the case study projects use a network of experts in relevant fields … Continue reading
The ILRI community toolbar is a graphical user interface that allows users to quickly and smartly locate all of ILRI’s communication channels as well as related livestock websites. This must have toolbar, contains tabs that will significantly reduce the amount of time you spend browsing for various pages and sites that are commonly used at … Continue reading
Speaking at the January 2011 ILRI Partnerships and Communications (P&C) retreat, Ian Moore, Head of ICT at ILRI reflects on the past year. He points to improvements in connectivity and bandwidth at various ILRI locations, especially at the ILRI campus in Addis Ababa. Much progress has also been made in the use of ICTs to … Continue reading
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
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
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