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Dr. Kimothy Smith, the Director of The Global Resource Initiative (TGRI), will be in Nairobi, Kenya from March 9-12, 2009 for a series of meetings with African and international leaders in agriculture health, science, and economic development. Dr. Smith will be attending the fourth Steering Committee meeting of the Global Framework for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) at the African Union/InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR). Additionally, Dr. Smith will attend the ALive Executive Committee 13 and ALive General Assembly 4 meetings, as well as the fourth Steering Committee meeting of the Support Program to Integrated National Action Plans for Avian and Human Influenza (SPINAP-AHI).

According to Dr. Smith, “It’s quite an honor to be able to attend this series of meetings with the experts and great minds of animal health, production, and research for the African continent.”

“This meeting is of great historic significance given that the ALive Secretariat will now reside with AU-IBAR.”

About The Global Resource Initiative (TGRI)
The Global Resource Initiative (TGRI) is an organization seeking to improve the productivity and livelihoods of people in the developing world through access to information, expertise and technology. Agricultural resources and animals, specifically, are the base of many developing and underdeveloped region’s economies and the life-blood of families, cultures and communities. Poor farmers can benefit when information and knowledge is shared locally. They also benefit when given access to global expertise on agriculture and animal health. TGRI is focused on helping to make these connections locally and globally. Please read more about The Global Resource Initiative (TGRI) at http://www.globalresourceinitiative.org.