Scientist, farmer and social researcher particularly interested in PAR and citizen science, STS, and partic. adaptation to climate change. Views are my own!
@Neverrpcv You don't have to be Italian to be freaked out by this strange culinary choice. But then my grandfather loved eating kidney, liver and even fried brain. Yuk. So no judgement.
“Very loose terms like ‘nature-based solutions’ are being bandied about in international summits without clear definitions, & they’re open to being mobilized in the interests of all kinds of agendas”
IDS Director @mleach_ids on new research w/ @IPESfood
https://t.co/7K7ooQsCUV
How does #Drought#Insurance work? Continue listening on your favourite #podcast listening platform
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@EU_Partnerships Seriously? There is a massive drought in East Africa, UNHCR doesn't have enough funds for food for refugees in camps, etc etc and THIS is what you choose to spend money on?
@model_farmer@SusanMacMillan@NamukoloC@ILRI@CGIAR Also, please see our recent publication by Ndung'u et al. They showed that when accounting for only milk and meat output of smallholder systems, emissions intensities were lower than believed.
https://t.co/qjJMe2Kpyo
@hjaltshul@m_ogada If it's about the cabbage , no. Where i come from we were called cabbage heads, because farmers were growing so much cabbage! That's what I was thinking of!
Join this great panel on Thursday October 27, 4pm Nairobi to discuss the synergies, linkages and issues related livestock, nutrition and climate. https://t.co/HSduopOhxN @ILRI @LandOLakesV37 @GAINalliance@Cornell@GlobalFoodTeam @EricksenPolly @NamukoloC@StellaNordhagen
Simplistic and one-sided narratives about livestock and animal products are misleading and dangerous 🐂
Ahead of #WorldFoodDay on Sunday, we ask how can the livestock sector contribute to an environmentally just future? Answer: Pastoralism! @PASTRES_erc
https://t.co/tPQLgsnutG
Program Leader- Sustainable Livestock Systems: ILRI offers an exciting opportunity to lead a significant program of research on the sustainable development of the livestock sector in low- and middle-income countries. >>https://t.co/ENNH0vnyfs
@GermanyTanzania There are so many things wrong with this tweet by the German Embassy that I just burnt the milk for my coffee while trying to wrap my head around the fact that this appears to have been posted in Oct 2022 not retweeted from 1942.
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨
Can pastoralists show us the future of animal agriculture?
Read answers to this questions and more in our new primer on "Livestock, Climate and the Politics of Resources" produced in collaboration with @TNInstitute .
Find it here: https://t.co/UGL6jFY6hs