2010
November
30 November 2010
No print - 'thinking and linking' order of the day at RIU
Since July 2010 RIU has not bulk printed any brochures, documents or reports. Duncan Sones, from the communication team explains...
26 November 2010
WHO cares! 500,000 cattle under treatment by RIU-backed SOS-Uganda
At the 3rd WHO International Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases in Geneva in November 2010 Professor Sue Welburn told RIUtv about the continued success of SOS.
25 November 2010
Report from Day One of the WHO conference
In the second of his RIUtv film reports from the 3rd World Health Organization International Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases, Nik Wood talks with some of the delegates who have a specific interest in the RIU-backed SOS-Uganda programme.
23 November 2010
Farmers and processor 'over the moon' about new pig markets in Malawi
In September 2010 RIU reported on plans to develop pig marketing infrastructure in Malawi. Now, thanks to financial assistance from RIU, four pig markets have been built and are set to be launched on 30 December 2010.
23 November 2010
No more cold shoulder for pork
In July 2010 RIU Malawi became concerned about problems in the pork value chain.
23 November 2010
Preview of the RIU-sponsored 3rd International Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases
RIUtv's Nik Wood has travelled to Geneva to cover the RIU-sponsored conference on Neglected Zoonatic Diseases at the World Health Organisation headquarters.
14 November 2010
RIU Tanzania switching media on to agricultural messages
RIU Tanzania has opened talks with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Dar es Salaam, to explore the possibility of accessing the School's students and facilities to reach farmers.
12 November 2010
Tanzania ploughs on as RIU exits but Agriculture First continues...
The final meeting has just taken place of the RIU Tanzania-supported innovation platform which has provided smallholder farmers in Morogoro Region with access to mechanization.
11 November 2010
'Bean feast' for 6m Nigerians
Infant mortality rates should improve across three Nigerian states as a result of improved food security from RIU-supported work on legumes.
9 November 2010
RIU-supported projects mentioned in House of Commons debate
Heidi Alexander MP used her first adjournment debate in the UK's House of Commons to raise the issue of food security in Africa. In September, Ms Alexander was one of five UK parliamentarians who visited Kenya as part of a group from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Agriculture and Food for Development.
5 November 2010
Fair Share of agricultural communication learning
RIU has now reached the point where it increasingly seeks opportunities to share its experiences and what it has learned with others - and in turn to learn from what others are doing. So, when RIU's Keith Sones learned about AgKnowledge Africa's Share Fair, which aimed "to showcase the ways agricultural and rural knowledge in and of Africa is created, shared, communicated, and put to use" he quickly seized the opportunity.
4 November 2010
RIU invited to attend DFID climate change and livelihoods event
Two members of the RIU team, Deputy Director Andy Frost and Duncan Sones of the communications team, were recently invited to attend DFID's annual retreat for staff and key partners.
4 November 2010
A pheromone-al success in armyworm forecasting
Community forecasting of armyworm outbreaks has been moving up the political agenda since the Kenya Agriculture Minister, Hon Dr Sally Kosgei, backed this approach at the Winning the War Against Armywormconference held in Nairobi in May 2010.
2 November 2010
World Food Day 2010 Rwanda: Minister endorses RIU-backed warrantage scheme
The RIU supported maize warrantage scheme was at the centre of celebrations to mark the 2010 World Food Day in Rwanda.
1 November 2010
Roof goes on facility as armyworm season marches closer...
In September 2010 we featured the new armyworm bio-pesticide production facility being developed in Tanzania with support from RIU. Andy Ward of RIU has just been back, he said:
1 November 2010
Red Cross partners fleet-of-foot RIU to get Jos farming again
Several months after the emergency response to the January 2010 massacres in villages near Jos, RIU Nigeria was approached by the International Committee of the Red Cross with a request to collaborate with them in supporting the rehabilitation of agricultural livelihoods. The plan was to support some 210 households who had been affected or displaced by violence in communities in Plateau and Bauchi states.
November
30 November 2010
No print - 'thinking and linking' order of the day at RIU
Since July 2010 RIU has not bulk printed any brochures, documents or reports. Duncan Sones, from the communication team explains...
26 November 2010
WHO cares! 500,000 cattle under treatment by RIU-backed SOS-Uganda
At the 3rd WHO International Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases in Geneva in November 2010 Professor Sue Welburn told RIUtv about the continued success of SOS.
25 November 2010
Report from Day One of the WHO conference
In the second of his RIUtv film reports from the 3rd World Health Organization International Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases, Nik Wood talks with some of the delegates who have a specific interest in the RIU-backed SOS-Uganda programme.
23 November 2010
Farmers and processor 'over the moon' about new pig markets in Malawi
In September 2010 RIU reported on plans to develop pig marketing infrastructure in Malawi. Now, thanks to financial assistance from RIU, four pig markets have been built and are set to be launched on 30 December 2010.
23 November 2010
No more cold shoulder for pork
In July 2010 RIU Malawi became concerned about problems in the pork value chain.
23 November 2010
Preview of the RIU-sponsored 3rd International Conference on Neglected Zoonotic Diseases
RIUtv's Nik Wood has travelled to Geneva to cover the RIU-sponsored conference on Neglected Zoonatic Diseases at the World Health Organisation headquarters.
14 November 2010
RIU Tanzania switching media on to agricultural messages
RIU Tanzania has opened talks with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Dar es Salaam, to explore the possibility of accessing the School's students and facilities to reach farmers.
12 November 2010
Tanzania ploughs on as RIU exits but Agriculture First continues...
The final meeting has just taken place of the RIU Tanzania-supported innovation platform which has provided smallholder farmers in Morogoro Region with access to mechanization.
11 November 2010
'Bean feast' for 6m Nigerians
Infant mortality rates should improve across three Nigerian states as a result of improved food security from RIU-supported work on legumes.
9 November 2010
RIU-supported projects mentioned in House of Commons debate
Heidi Alexander MP used her first adjournment debate in the UK's House of Commons to raise the issue of food security in Africa. In September, Ms Alexander was one of five UK parliamentarians who visited Kenya as part of a group from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Agriculture and Food for Development.
5 November 2010
Fair Share of agricultural communication learning
RIU has now reached the point where it increasingly seeks opportunities to share its experiences and what it has learned with others - and in turn to learn from what others are doing. So, when RIU's Keith Sones learned about AgKnowledge Africa's Share Fair, which aimed "to showcase the ways agricultural and rural knowledge in and of Africa is created, shared, communicated, and put to use" he quickly seized the opportunity.
4 November 2010
RIU invited to attend DFID climate change and livelihoods event
Two members of the RIU team, Deputy Director Andy Frost and Duncan Sones of the communications team, were recently invited to attend DFID's annual retreat for staff and key partners.
4 November 2010
A pheromone-al success in armyworm forecasting
Community forecasting of armyworm outbreaks has been moving up the political agenda since the Kenya Agriculture Minister, Hon Dr Sally Kosgei, backed this approach at the Winning the War Against Armywormconference held in Nairobi in May 2010.
2 November 2010
World Food Day 2010 Rwanda: Minister endorses RIU-backed warrantage scheme
The RIU supported maize warrantage scheme was at the centre of celebrations to mark the 2010 World Food Day in Rwanda.
1 November 2010
Roof goes on facility as armyworm season marches closer...
In September 2010 we featured the new armyworm bio-pesticide production facility being developed in Tanzania with support from RIU. Andy Ward of RIU has just been back, he said:
1 November 2010
Red Cross partners fleet-of-foot RIU to get Jos farming again
Several months after the emergency response to the January 2010 massacres in villages near Jos, RIU Nigeria was approached by the International Committee of the Red Cross with a request to collaborate with them in supporting the rehabilitation of agricultural livelihoods. The plan was to support some 210 households who had been affected or displaced by violence in communities in Plateau and Bauchi states.
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