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Welcome to the ILRI short video publishing site. We use this to publish 'blips' - short video interviews of people associated with our work. Our professional films are at: http://ilri.blip.tv

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    • Play Rainwater management in the Nile Basin – Reflections on a stakeholder workshop in Bahir Dar - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Rainwater management in the Nile Basin – Reflect...

      In October 2011, project partners and team members in the Nile Basin Development Challenge (http://www.nilebdc.org) met in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia to reflect on project progress and directions. Here, Fantahun Mengistu, Director of the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), shares some lessons and take home messages from the meeting. He noted that, although a good national policy framework is in place, there are some gaps in implementation at grassroots level: including proper int...

      • Release date
        May 7, 2012
      • Runtime
        03:02
    • Play No one institution can do it alone – CGIAR centers join forces to sustain agricultural productivity - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      No one institution can do it alone – CGIAR cente...

      At a recent workshop discussing the design of a new research project on the sustainable intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in Ethiopia, we asked Tsedeke Abate from ICRISAT about the workshop. He emphasized the collaboration among the CGIAR centers: "No one institution can do it alone" - especially when the challenges are complex. He noticed especially the 'cultural change' in which the different centers are really coming together.More information on the project at: http://africa...

      • Release date
        Apr 20, 2012
      • Runtime
        02:30
    • Play Sustainably intensifying, sustainably increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Sustainably intensifying, sustainably increasing...

      At a recent workshop discussing the design of a new research project on the sustainable intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in Ethiopia, we asked Jerry Glover from USAID's Office of Agricultural Research and Policy to tell us more about the project. The project is intended to intensify some farming systems in Ethiopia, by increasing productivity, decreasing poverty, and increasing the nutrition and health of target populations. It is adopting an innovative approach that integrate...

      • Release date
        Apr 20, 2012
      • Runtime
        04:10
    • Play Livestock fattening innovation in Ethiopia - the Metema story - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Livestock fattening innovation in Ethiopia - the...

      This video documents how a 2005 alliance between the local government office of agriculture, the IPMS project, and local livestock farmers and traders in western Ethiopia took advantage of livestock market opportunities in neighbouring Sudan. Through dialogue with local actors, the team worked out a "new way of doing business." This brought knowledge to farmers, connected them to animal health providers, encouraged shopkeepers to sell feed for fattening, and reached out to farmers through comm...

      • Release date
        Mar 26, 2012
      • Runtime
        16:38
    • Play Bringing farmers' options to farmers' fields in the East Africa Highlands - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Bringing farmers' options to farmers' fields in ...

      In this video interview, Tilahun Amede of ILRI and IWMI introduces a new book 'Integrated natural resource management in the highlands of East Africa.' The book captures learning by farmers and researchers on NRM research - how to do it; what institutional mechanisms and arrangements are needed for NRM to work for farmers. He emphasizes that NRM, including watershed management goes beyond hydrological boundaries - the social boundaries and networks around specific landscapes are the important ...

      • Release date
        Mar 20, 2012
      • Runtime
        07:58
    • Play IPMS project shares monitoring and evaluation approach with Ethiopian Agricultural Growth Program - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      IPMS project shares monitoring and evaluation ap...

      In November 2011, Berhanu Gebremedhin of ILRI/IPMS Project trained staff of the Ethiopian Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) on results-based monitoring and evaluation (November 28-December 3 2011 in Debrezeit Ethiopia). He outlined the main topics covered in the workshop: An introduction to results-based M&E; the development of a logic model and performance framework of a project; the performance measurement framework; the need for participatory M&E with stakeholders and how to do this; the se...

      • Release date
        Mar 20, 2012
      • Runtime
        06:29
    • Play Opening statement at the ILRI-World Bank high-level livestock strategy consultation - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Opening statement at the ILRI-World Bank high-le...

      Presented by David Nabarro, special representative of the UN Secretary General for food security and nutrition, at the ILRI-World Bank high-level consultation on the global livestock agenda by 2020, Nairobi, 12-13 March 2012.

      • Release date
        Mar 20, 2012
      • Runtime
        11:30
    • Play Sharing the space: Seven livestock leaders speak out on a global agenda - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Sharing the space: Seven livestock leaders speak...

      What are future directions for the livestock sector — particularly its potential to help alleviate world poverty and hunger without harming human health and the environment? Here, seven leaders in livestock development thinking reflect on the outcomes of a ’High-Level Consultation for a Global Livestock Agenda to 2020′ (12–15 March 2012) co-hosted by the World Bank and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and held at ILRI’s headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya. The seven participan...

      • Release date
        Mar 14, 2012
      • Runtime
        10:02
    • Play Training on results-based monitoring and evaluation a 'good experience' - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Training on results-based monitoring and evaluat...

      Tirfu Yadeto participated in the recent IPMS-supported Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on result-based monitoring & evaluation (November 28-December 3, 2011, Debrezeit Ethiopia).

      • Release date
        Mar 1, 2012
      • Runtime
        01:35
    • Play Establishing participatory hydrological monitoring in the Nile BDC - ILRI video on Blip ILRI video episodes on Blip

      Establishing participatory hydrological monitori...

      In this video, Matthew McCartney (International Water Management Institute - IWMI) reflects on his work in the CPWF-funded Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC). He particularly focuses on the hydrological aspects and the establishment of primary monitoring stations at the three project sites.

      • Release date
        Feb 21, 2012
      • Runtime
        04:59
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