Alessandra Galiè

Alessandra Galiè

Alessandra Galiè

Team leader: Gender

Alessandra Galiè is the Team Leader: Gender at ILRI. She conducts research on gender in livestock value chains with a focus on gender analysis in genetics, empowerment and nutrition and food security. Before joining ILRI she worked at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) on gendered empowerment, seed governance and participatory plant breeding. She also worked in the NGO sector. She holds a PhD from Wageningen University and an MA in social anthropology of development from the University of London.

My Projects

Active

Jan 2019Dec 2022

Women in business: chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Methods Study of existing breed dissemination pathways; develop and test women-led business models to disseminate chicks to farmers in remote areas; engage in gender responsive and transformative approaches; assess impact on women’s empowerment and on nutrition. Expected impact Women’s empowerment...

Active

Mar 2019Jun 2022

Transforming the vaccine delivery system in Ghana: identifying approaches that benefit women

Testing innovative approaches to vaccine delivery This project will test two innovative approaches for vaccine delivery — one gender accommodative and one gender transformative — by adapting CARE’s Gender Transformative Farmer Field and Business School approach to facilitating women’s sustained...

Completed

Feb 2019Mar 2020

Gender at scale (Exploring ‘feminization’ of agriculture through gender dynamics across scales in East Africa)

Feminization of agriculture is a measurable increase of women's participation in the agricultural sector. It is a phenomenon common to many countries particularly in the developing world. Studying the feminization of agriculture with a gender lens is important to understand its prevalence and how...

My publications

Published2020

The impact of ILRI research on gender

Published2020

Improving animal health services to village poultry production systems in Ghana and Tanzania

Published2020

Gender dynamics in seed systems development

Journal Article

Published2020

A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions

Published2020

Expanding use of the Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI)

Published2020

Ensuring gender responsive livestock genetic improvement

Published2020

Livestock value chains that foster inclusivity and scaling up

Published2020

Guide pédagogique de l’enquête sur l’indice d’autonomisation des femmes dans l’élevage (WELI)

Journal Article

Published2020

Evolution of a gender tool: WEAI, WELI and livestock research

Published2019

Gendered barriers and opportunities among milk traders in the informal sector in peri-urban Nairobi

Published2019

Exploring feminization of agriculture through gender dynamics across scales

Published2019

Integrating gender considerations into livestock genetic improvement programs in low to middle income countries