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Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs

ILRI research contributes to the CGIAR impact area on Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs.

More than 25% of the world’s population lives on less than US $3.20 a day, making a healthy diet unaffordable for more than 3 billion people. And poverty disproportionately affects rural areas, where agriculture is the predominant livelihood activity. Improving the livelihoods, jobs, and incomes of small-scale producers and other vulnerable people in agrifood value chains is crucial to the wellbeing of millions, and to the world’s ability to feed a growing population.

Browse research initiatives that contribute to this impact area.

Innovations

Volunteer Farmer Trainers as agents of change

Preventing the next pandemic through a One Health approach

Advances in food safety

Community-based sheep and goat breeding

Affordable insurance for smallholder farmers and herders

Pro-poor dairy policy in East Africa and India

An index for measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture

Climate-smart modeling and futures

A vaccine against the lethal cattle disease East Coast fever

Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs research initiatives

Excellence in Agronomy for Sustainable Intensification and Climate Change Adaptation

Foresight and Metrics to Accelerate Inclusive and Sustainable Agrifood System Transformation

Harnessing Digital Technologies for Timely Decision-Making Across Food, Land and Water Systems

Market Intelligence

Resilient Cities Through Sustainable Urban and Peri-Urban Agrifood Systems

Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion

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