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On 11-13 December 2012, the Science and Partnership Advisory Committee of the Livestock and Fish CGIAR Research Program held its inaugural meeting in Nairobi.
First on the agenda was a meeting with management teams of ILRI and the Livestock and Fish program. Program component leaders provided updates on each component, including the rationale of the component, a description of the intended outcomes and outputs, priorities and gaps. Members were briefed on the emerging development partnership strategy of the program.
Immediate priorities identified for the advisory committee include: reviewing component strategies and log frames; advising on the monitoring and evaluation framework and evaluation of the proposed Intermediate Development Outcomes for the program.
The meeting coincided with the 5th program planning and management committee (PPMC) meeting to allow the advisory committee, program management and the leadership team the opportunity to discuss the role of the advisory committee and begin interacting on the…
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On Monday 19th November, the Smallholder Pig Value Chains Development (SPVCD) in Uganda project held a Workshop in Masaka (Uganda) to launch the Value Chain Assessment work in the district.
The workshop participants included, local authorities, technical staff of the local government and the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), as well as leaders of farmers organizations. The activities of two ILRI projects, SPVCD and Safe Food – Fair Food (SF-FF), that are working with pigs in Uganda were presented. A plan of activities to be developed in the district with local partners was also presented at the workshop.
Value chain assessment (VCA) work in Kisosso, which is one of the 15 villages to be included in the study covering three types of smallholder pig value chains in Masaka district: periurban production to urban consumption; rural to urban; and rural to rural was commenced on the next day, 20th
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The The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners recently launched an open access encyclopedia of animal feed resources that provides information, in the form of ‘Feed datasheets’, on nature, occurrence, distribution, chemical composition, nutritional value and safe use of nearly 1400 livestock feed resources.
The main objective of Feedipedia is to provide extension and development workers, planners, project formulators, livestock farmers, science managers, policy makers, students and researchers with the latest scientific information to help them identify, characterize and properly use feed resources to sustainably develop the livestock sector.
Related resources from ILRI include:
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WildForests (@WildForests) tweeted at 7:29 PM on Thu, Jan 03, 2013:
@Santnamor2013 Agricultural reform needs a boost in public support. Warning labels on < environmentally responsible food choices?
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Sril Group Ltd (@Srilgroup) tweeted at 0:00 AM on Thu, Jan 03, 2013:
What direction should agricultural research be taking in order to best contribute to poverty and hunger reduction?… http://t.co/VTFm7KaO
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Sril Group Ltd (@Srilgroup) tweeted at 7:58 AM on Fri, Jan 04, 2013:
What do we need to consider when disseminating genetically improved fish strains? http://t.co/TuPauvnu http://t.co/lynsPENM
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World Bank (@WorldBank) tweeted at 5:47 AM on Tue, Dec 11, 2012:
#ICT innovations are delivering home-grown solutions in #Africa. http://t.co/7l15Wj9H
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GlobalEnvision (@GlobalEnvision) tweeted at 8:16 PM on Mon, Dec 10, 2012:
-@FAOnews says farmers invest 50x more in their own farms than their countries get in aid. Let’s invest in #farmers! http://t.co/dJFXdvg9
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Mobile Web in Africa (@mwebafrica) tweeted at 10:04 AM on Mon, Nov 05, 2012:
List of African mobile agriculture services and applications including @Esoko @SuKahumbu @mfarm_ke: http://t.co/heUiGI1a
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WB Sustainable Dev (@wbsustaindev) tweeted at 11:35 AM on Mon, Dec 10, 2012:
Lack of sanitation goes beyond #health: it’s responsible for economic losses as high as 7% of GDP: http://t.co/8mYAdGop #MDGs
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Agricultura (@agriculturamex) tweeted at 5:51 PM on Mon, Dec 31, 2012:
Inviting Consumers, Farmers and Ranchers-to take a survey about Agriculture and the food produced by farmers and… http://t.co/QuwAameA
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Agri Market (@agrimarket) tweeted at 7:05 PM on Mon, Dec 31, 2012:
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ILRI Communications (@ILRI) tweeted at 6:06 PM on Mon, Dec 31, 2012:
#ILRI in media: New cattle feeding technology benefits Kenyan farmers http://t.co/COYKKoEN
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GlobalEnvision (@GlobalEnvision) tweeted at 9:00 PM on Wed, Dec 26, 2012:
The poor need a lot beyond #microcredit. Updated @CGAP guide details environment critical for other #financialservices http://t.co/rK2FgfTr
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GlobalEnvision (@GlobalEnvision) tweeted at 7:43 PM on Thu, Dec 27, 2012:
4 surprising ways mobile phones are used in Africa (hint: it’s not to make calls) http://t.co/NflOleee Via CNN VIDEO #m4d
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World Food Programme (@WFP) tweeted at 5:09 PM on Mon, Dec 31, 2012:
#2013 hunger fact no.6: #hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem. http://t.co/LPHMnGtb #solvablehunger
(https://twitter.com/WFP/status/285779667477229568)
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