From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVI, no. 68, 29 October 2008
Supplement B: Bill No. 35 of 2008: Livestock Improvement Bill, 2008
B.313-B.330
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLVI, no. 69, 31 October 2008
Republic of Botswana: Tender: Design, supply and implementation of the National Disaster Management System for the National Disaster Management Office
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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one of a relatively small number of organizations making its communications strategy available online.Particularly interesting is the 'strategic approach'that combines internal and external communications, library services, web services, public awareness, and knowledge management. The strategy also sets out 4 higher level outcomes and the various products and services used to achieve them.The four outcomes are:Greater utility - Staff and partners are provided with state-of-the-art communication products, vehicles and services; classical library services are transformed ...; information is packaged in multiple formats ...Greater influence - ILRI’s sphere of influence is enlarged beyond the CGIAR; journalists and their editors are...
In a 2006 article, Ezra Ondari-Okemwa examines knowledge management initiatives at the International Livestock Research Institute.The study looks at how knowledge is generated in ILRI, how it is shared, how it is transferred and how it is integrated into the day-to-day operations of the Institute. Some of the challenges that the ILRI faces in managing knowledge are identified, and solutions which cannot always rely on information technology are discussed.She concludes: "The International Livestock Research Institute knowledge management programme stands outas a good example of the best practices that may be emulated in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions where it has operations.""The environment that ILRI has created encourages creation and sharing and transfer of knowledge....
Caracal/Thwane from the identification chapter of the guide
Cheetah Conservation Botswana's updated guide to predators for farmers and ranchers, The predator - safe livestock guide : an introduction to protecting livestock and deterring predators , has arrived in HOORC's Library. The booklet explains how to deter predators through use of kraals, fencing and livestock guard animals, and...
The domestic animal/wildlife interface : issues for disease control, conservation, sustainable food production, and emerging diseases edited by E. Paul J. Gibbs and Bob H. Bokma, is the result of a conference and workshop series, Wildlife and Livestock, Disease and Sustainability: What Makes Sense? held 22-27 July 2001 in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. The volume includes much that is...
Okavango Delta fishermen, Aquarap 2000 HOORC researchers Professor Donald Kgathi and Dr Barbara Ngwenya, with associate Dr Julie Wilk of Linkoping University, have published their research about how Okavango communities have coped with disruption of their economies by illness and environmental events. Shocks and rural livelihoods in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, recently published in...
From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 8 26 January 2007
Supplement A – Botswana Government Extraordinary Gazette: Livestock and Meat Industries Act, 2006
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From the Botswana Government Gazette, Vol. XLV, no. 11 5 February 2007
Supplement C – Botswana Government Extraordinary Gazette: Statutory Instrument No. 3 of 2007: Finance and Audit Act (Cap. 54:01): Tropical Forest...