ILRI Comms project insight 2014:
Communications support to the CGIAR Research Program
on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
Tezira Lore
CKM Team Meeting
Addis Ababa, 2-4 February 2015

About this activity
• ILRI’s Food Safety and Zoonoses (FSZ) program is directly aligned with
one component of A4NH: the prevention and control of agriculture-
associated diseases.
• A4NH is led by the International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI).
• The FSZ program reports to IFPRI annually on progress indicators e.g.
decision-support tools, manuals, guides, publications in ISI journals
and trainees supported by A4NH.
• Outputs determine how much additional funds IFPRI allocates to ILRI.

What was done
• Published blog posts on AgHealth (aghealth.wordpress.com/news)
• Curated AgHealth blog posts on the A4NH page on the CGIAR website
• Tracked outputs and maintained an up-to-date list of outputs for the year
• Indexed outputs in CGSpace and mapped them to project collections
(IFPRI requires URLs for all outputs reported)
• Developed a template for training course reports to ensure we capture
relevant information on trainees (gender, country of origin)
• Ensured that scientists followed the A4NH branding guidelines in all
A4NH-funded outputs (logo, acknowledgement)

Key insights
• Curating AgHealth content on the CGIAR website enhances the
discoverability of our work.
• Google Docs on CGXchange is better than Word for maintaining the
list of outputs.
• There is need to streamline quality control processes between
submission of items to CGSpace and final approval.

The presentation has a Creative Commons licence. You are free to re-use or distribute this work, provided credit is given to ILRI.
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