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Item Improved bean varieties for improved yields and better nutrition(Video, 2014-06-26) International Livestock Research InstituteItem BioInnovate waste management(Video, 2015-04-15) International Livestock Research InstituteItem BioInnovate Sweet Potato Project(Video, 2015-04-15) International Livestock Research InstituteItem BioInnovate canned beans(Video, 2015-04-15) International Livestock Research InstituteItem Interview of Suresh Patel, Chemical Engineer, Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Kenya(Video, 2014-06-09) Patel, S.Interviews of selected participants; views from the Regional Experts Workshop on Industrial Effluents Management in East Africa held on 19-20 May 2014, EthiopiaItem Interview of Enid Turyahikayo, Assistant Audit and Compliance Officer, NEMA, Uganda(Video, 2014-06-09) Turyahikayo, E.Interviews of selected participants; views from the Regional Experts Workshop on Industrial Effluents Management in East Africa held on 19-20 May 2014, EthiopiaItem Interview of Flora Tibazarwa Director at Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), Tanzania(Video, 2014-06-09) Tibazarwa, F.I.Interviews of selected participants; views from the Regional Experts Workshop on Industrial Effluents Management in East Africa held on 19-20 May 2014, EthiopiaItem Interview of Margaret Karembu Director, ISAAA Africenter, Kenya(Video, 2014-06-09) Karembu, M.Interviews of selected participant; views from the Regional Experts Workshop on Industrial Effluents Management in East Africa held on 19-20 May 2014, EthiopiaItem Launching of the Bio-resources Innovation Network for Eastern Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) Program hosted at ILRI-Nairobi(Video, 2011-05-26) International Livestock Research InstituteBio-resources Innovation Network for Eastern Africa Development (Bio-Innovate) Program, which is hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) began in January 2010 with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). This five-year program is investing USD12 million in funding about a hundred scientists and policymakers from Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.Item Recycling toxic agricultural waste creates employment and improves environment(Video, 2011-03-16) Kivaisi, A.K.For hundreds of years, coffee and sisal have been grown across large areas of Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Each year, this produces thousands of tons of toxic waste and slowly-degrading by-products such as fibres, which are left on the land, and end up by polluting both the soil and water. Now new bioscience techniques have developed ways to use these waste products for mushroom production. This process reduces toxins, breaks down the fibres, and leaves the residues suitable for bio-gas production—a huge asset in East Africa where many parts suffer from energy shortages. Overall, millions of people could benefit (Amelia Kivaisi, Bio-Innovate Environmental Consortium Project Principal Investigator in Tanzania).Item Bioscience-based projects like Bio-Innovate are vital for Kenya’s future(Video, 2011-03-16) International Livestock Research InstituteWith a population of nearly 40 million, shrinking forest cover and an on-going reduction in rainfall, Kenya faces increasing food shortages. Bio-Innovate, through the BecA facilities and infrastructure, offers the region a way to train local scientists to tackle these challenges (Shaukat Abdulrazak, Secretary and Chief Executive of the National Council for Science and Technology in Kenya).Item Bioscience project helps Kenyan regions that often suffer total crop loss(Video, 2011-03-16) Augustino, O.A Bio-Innovate project is working on sorghum that is well suited for western Kenya where few other crops can grow. Sorghum growing in western Kenya is held back by weeds, low soil fertility, drought and disease. Crop loss can be total in bad years. First results suggest this new breeding approach could raise yields by at least 20%. Bio-Innovate will help the farmers choose the right varieties for different areas and possibly involve seed companies in the production of seeds for distribution. Initially, a million people are set to benefit, with about 3 million total gaining in the long term (Onkware Augustino, Bio-Innovate sorghum and millets Project Consortium Joint-Principal investigator in Kenya).Item Bioscience can help Uganda use traditional crops to feed its growing population(Video, 2011-03-16) International Livestock Research InstituteWith a population that has increased five-fold in the last 50 years, Uganda needs to invest in new ways to produce more food from shrinking available land and natural resources. Recently, there has been a move away from maize which is not indigenous to the region and consumes large amounts of water, to local crops such as sorghum and millet that are much less water-hungry. Research into developing new more-productive varieties of these old staples, suggests that biosciences can help Ugandans make use of traditional varieties to feed themselves and make money (Patrick Okori, Bio-Innovate Sorghum and Millets Project Consortium Joint-Principal Investigator in Uganda).Item Policy and regional science: Key drivers of agricultural development in Africa(Video, 2011-03-16) International Livestock Research InstituteBio-Innovate can improve regional science and technology development by being based at the BecA facilities, where they can showcase what new technology can do for agricultural development in east Africa. The project can also make a tremendous difference by being connected with the product and technology champions at universities and other public institutions in the region, and through strong links with local science and technology councils, which are the main drivers of new policies (John Komen, Assistant Director of the Program for Biosafety Systems, at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)). Description: Video recorded at the Launching of Bio-Innovate Programme, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011.Item Research into Africa’s rich Bio-Resources is improving regional food security(Video, 2011-03-16) Kjellstrom, C.Sweden has supported capacity building in biotechnology across east Africa for over 10 years. The Sida-backed program now being launched, Bio-Innovate, is moving to research, and to making sure that farmers and communities benefit from the new crop varieties and innovation systems that result from research. Bio-Innovate has a competitive grant-giving mechanism with a purely scientific assessment. While rewarding quality, this system often gives more opportunities to senior male scientists. However, during the next round of project selections new methods to encourage female scientists will be explored (Claes Kjellström, research policy specialist at the Swedish Embassy. He is part of the Regional Team for Environment and Economic Development (REED)).Item Bioscience will be the key that allows Africa to feed itself(Video, 2011-03-16) International Livestock Research InstituteBiosciences offer the opportunity for many regions in Africa to produce surplus food for the first time. Without biosciences research within African agriculture will face a difficult future. The Bio-Innovate program is therefore important because it will stimulate new industries that are linked to the life sciences. Farmers will not benefit from producing more food unless they can get it to markets to process and sell (Calestous Juma, Director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, USA).Item Over 3 million farmers could benefit from the first projects of a new initiative(Video, 2011-03-16) Leta, S.Seyoum Leta (Bio-Innovate, Program Manager) summarized that small-scale farmers in 6 East African countries will be the first in the region to benefit from the new Bio-Innovate program. The first projects in the scheme will tackle challenges like the development of more productive varieties of staple crops, and waste re-cycling. Over the next 5 years, the numbers of projects will expand, using Bio-Innovate's promotion of improvements in policy frameworks, its networks of scientists and research organizations, and the novel links it is building with private sector companies.Item Launching a unique program on biosciences innovation in eastern Africa(Video, 2011-03-16) Leta, S.Seyoum Leta (Bio-Innovate, Program Manager) said that the launching held on 16 March 2011 is the official launch date for Bio-Innovate, a unique regional agricultural research initiative that is Africa based, Africa led and focuses on innovations for farmers.Item New phase of African Bio-Innovate program will soon deliver solutions to farmers(Video, 2011-03-16) Persley, Gabrielle J.Gabrielle Persley pointed out that Bio-Innovate is building on a previous project that trained 20 regionally recruited bioscientists to PhD level. Now the new Program plans to move from research outputs into partnerships with private sector players and other delivery mechanisms. The real focus and the success of Bio-Innovate will be delivery of products to African farmers.