International Development Research Centre

International Development Research CentreIDRC

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Projects sponsored by IDRC

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...

Apr 2014Mar 2018

Addressing bovine tuberculosis at the human-animal interface and veterinary antibiotic use in smallholder peri-urban dairy farms in India to ensure safe and sustainable milk production

Mar 2011Aug 2014

Integrating dairy goats and root crop production for increasing food, nutrition and income security of smallholder farmers in Tanzania

Project objectives To improve the milk production potential of indigenous goats through crossbreeding, improved management and control of major diseases To test and evaluate improved sweet potato and cassava varieties that have the dual purpose of improving food security and nutrition at household...

Dec 2009Dec 2010

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Household Food Security in Kenya and Tanzania

Project Objectives The general objective of the project (being implemented in Kenya and Tanzania) will be to develop practical strategies for increasing women’s benefits from livestock value chains in improving household food, income and nutrition security. The specific objectives include the following: (i) Examine the role of livestock in improving food security and as a coping mechanisms during food deficit periods for vulnerable households

Feb 2008Jul 2013

Ecosystem approaches to the better management of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in the Southeast Asia region

The Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia (EcoZD) project worked directly with more than 100 key zoonotic emerging infectious diseases management actors across eight multi-disciplinary teams in six countries to attain project...

Jul 2009Jun 2013

Building livelihoods resilience to alleviate poverty in semi-arid areas of West Africa

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES The project overall objective is to enhance the contribution of agricultural and natural resources systems to improved livelihoods and quality of the environment in semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose is to build smallholder livelihoods resilience, and...

Empowering women through livestock

Research in this area documents and analyses the importance of livestock to poor women, and identifies gender-related constraints to owning livestock, accessing improved technologies and services, and participating in and benefiting from livestock value chains. The team works with other research...