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Book Review: The Hill (The Spread, Book 1)

Happy Friday Readers, We made it to the end of the week, hooray! Give yourself a big pat on the back, you’ve earned it! Today I’m sharing my review of The Hill (The Spread, Book 1) by Iain Wright.   This is a book that I found on my Amazon search for bestsellers in my preferred genre of reading/writing, horror. The blurb really pulled me in, and after I begged my library to buy the books in this…

On what (and how and when) to measure when measuring impacts of agricultural research for development

Photo by FAO/Riccardo Gangale.

The following article is written by Iain Wright, deputy director general for research at ILRI.

On 6–8 Jul 2017, I attended a conference at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) on Impacts of International Agricultural Research: Rigorous Evidence for Policy organized jointly by the CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) Standing Panel on Impact…

Odisha State funds ILRI-India project to improve livestock feeding systems and mechanization

  Rural dairy pictures from India’s Odisha State (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan and Jules Mateo).

The following article is written by Iain Wright, deputy director general for research at ILRI.

I made a flying visit to India over the Easter weekend in April. We have been in discussion for some time with the government of India’s Odisha State (formerly known as ‘Orissa’), on the eastern coast…

Local greenhouse gas estimates needed for local adaptation to climate change, say Kenya and Uganda

The images above are of a painting made in May 2015 by nine school children from a primary school in Nairobi’s Kangemi slum district. Over three days, the children illustrated a shipping container used for storage that sits outside ILRI’s Mazingira Centre (‘mazingira’ is the Kiswahili word for ‘environment’). This art project was dreamed up, organized and supervised by Krystina Micke (left in…

Ex-BHS Boss Tells MPs: End My 'Trial By Media'

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Sir Philip and Elizabeth Hurley at the afterparty for the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2008 in Covent Garden

Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green has urged MPs investigating the collapse of the retailer to end their “trial by media”.

The tycoon has been called to give evidence to the Business and Work and Pensions select committees over the collapse of the department store, a year after he sold…

Ex-BHS Boss Tells MPs: End My 'Trial By Media'

[ad_1] Sir Philip and Elizabeth Hurley at the afterparty for the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2008 in Covent Garden Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green has urged MPs investigating the collapse of the retailer to end their “trial by media”. The tycoon has been called to give evidence to the Business and Work and Pensions select committees over the collapse of the department store, a year after he sold…

Sports Direct Boss Snubs Call To Face MPs

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Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has refused to face MPs in Parliament over staff working conditions despite a formal summons.

The Commons Business, Innovation and Skills committee wants to quiz Mr Ashley over the treatment of workers at the sportswear giant and have said he could be in contempt of Parliament if he fails to attend.

However, he has told Sky News he intends to challenge the…

Sports Direct Boss Snubs Call To Face MPs

[ad_1] Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has refused to face MPs in Parliament over staff working conditions despite a formal summons. The Commons Business, Innovation and Skills committee wants to quiz Mr Ashley over the treatment of workers at the sportswear giant and have said he could be in contempt of Parliament if he fails to attend. However, he has told Sky News he intends to challenge the…