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  1. Following meeting at KARI, spent nearly 90 minutes in famous Nairobi traffic jam - the roundabouts simply don't work at rush hour about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck
  2. Spent 90 minutes w/ Director of Kenya Agricultural Research Institute and senior staff http://www.kari.org/ - very effective discussions about 17 hours ago from TweetDeck
  3. Passing along food safety tip for your T'giving turkey: http://bit.ly/7gEodd It is NOT because I'll be having South African airlines food :( about 18 hours ago from TweetDeck
  4. Visited USAID-Kenya this afternoon. Took longer to get into US Embassy than to have the meeting, but it was worthwhile about 19 hours ago from TweetDeck
  5. Yep, brick wall to isolate hwy from village! Goats, cows, people in road w/ cars! RT @jxs138: @medflygenes Is that brick wall behind goats? about 19 hours ago from TweetDeck
  6. Did presentation this morning at GCHERA conference here in Nairobi on our Think AGain campaign; it helped raise enrollment >28% in 4 years about 19 hours ago from TweetDeck
  7. and one last tweet on JKUAT trip for my colleague Marcos - goat herds rampant along (and often on) roads http://pic.gd/aba521 12:53 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  8. Jomo Kenyatta Univ of Agr & Technology has food tech BS program that produces array of products in their pilot plant http://pic.gd/b3b52e 12:51 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  9. more plant breeding at JKUAT-using international and local land race germplasm: papaya http://pic.gd/994060 12:45 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  10. plant breeding at JKUAT-using international and local land race germplasm: rice http://pic.gd/0f9407 12:39 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  11. JKUAT has demonstration grant from Kenyan Dept of Energy to process sewage into biogas - expect to reduce energy purchase by 40% 12:25 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  12. Long drive on Thika Rd to visit JKUAT; local mass transit, matatu, looks chaotic, but dig deeper & it IS chaotic! http://pic.gd/dcc639 12:23 PM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  13. Met w/ Kenyan Agriculture Secretary this morning, then off w/ GCHERA conference to visit Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Techology 11:38 AM Nov 24th from TweetDeck
  14. one last photo for tonight , then time to call it a night; the GCHERA conference venue -Kenyatta Intl Conference Center http://pic.gd/d42139 1:37 PM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  15. Some of finished silk products from ICIPE silk http://pic.gd/941004 These are dyed, working w/ native silk moths to produce brown silk 1:27 PM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  16. Creating warp from silk produced at ICIPE http://pic.gd/4d0ad White silk from domestic silkworms (not found in nature) 1:14 PM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  17. Filling silk bobbins at ICIPE sericulture facility http://pic.gd/f84c8f ICIPE runs regular workshops for participants from 16 countries 1:07 PM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  18. ICIPE program takes beekeeping & sericulture to villages http://pic.gd/b6601a Suresh Raina (met him in '95) shows silk cocoons to Tom Gill 1:03 PM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  19. Doesn't seem to be any outlet here in Nairobi! RT @psucreamery: Don't forget BEST dessert for holiday dinners. Creamery ice cream! 10:59 AM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  20. Visited ICIPE (http://www.icipe.org/), international (entomology) research center; I last visited in 1995 conducting medfly genes research! 10:47 AM Nov 23rd from TweetDeck
  • Name Bruce McPheron
  • Location State College, PA, USA
  • Web http://agsci.psu....
  • Bio entomologist; Dean, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
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