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The Rural Household Multi-Indicator survey continues to revolutionize data collection

The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) has been featured in a new blog series by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs , ‘Breaking Ground’. Written by Jacob van Etten, research director, digital inclusion at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for...

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Climate-smart livestock systems program kicks off in Kenya’s pastoral rangelands

Like many other rangelands in East Africa, the South Rift rangelands in Kenya’s Kajiado County are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In the Ol Kirmatian and Shompole group ranches in Kajiado, pastoralism is the predominant means of livestock production and over the years the pastoralists...

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A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age

Mark van Wijk, a senior scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and his colleagues are excited to announce the first public release of a dataset generated by surveys of more than 13,000 households in 21 countries using a novel survey tool – the Rural Household Multi-...

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