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ILRI News on gender

11 Jun 2021

New chicken genetic gains project to transform smallholder chicken farming in Southeast Asia

A new International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI )-led initiative to improve smallholder chicken production in Southeast Asia has been launched. The Asian Chicken Genetic Gains , or AsCGG, project will increase access to locally acceptable, adapted and highly productive chickens and avail...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

01 Jun 2021

Is agriculture in Africa feminizing?

In the 1990s, a group of scientists were working on a project in the Karakoram Mountains in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir . A new sheep breed had been introduced in one of the villages and the men from that village were very enthusiastic about it. The new breed was bigger, gave more carcass weights...

Stephen OlooSpatial Data Analyst

ILRI News

19 May 2021

A gendered assessment in the production and use of feeds and forages: Insights from intensive and extensive livestock production systems in Uganda

A Gendered Feeds Assessment Tool (G-FEAST) study in Uganda that assessed gender differences in forage use and production constraints in three forage production clusters has highlighted the need to engage both men and women in production, management and use of improved forages. The study was part of...

Pamela WairagalaCommunications and Knowledge Management Senior Officer

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Publications on gender

Manual

Published2021

Engaging men in supporting maternal and child consumption of milk and other animal source foods in Rwanda: A facilitator’s guide

Journal Article

Published2021

Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: A study of local knowledge for One Health

Presentation

Published2021

Engaging men in supporting maternal and child consumption of milk and other animal source foods in Rwanda

Report

Published2021

Gender dynamics and social implications of improved planted forages in smallholder dairy systems in Kenya

Report

Published2020

Training of women and men smallholder pig keepers on pig artificial insemination in northwest Vietnam

Report

Published2020

Training of women and men veterinarians on cattle artificial insemination in northwest Vietnam

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ILRI Projects on gender

Aug 2020Aug 2025

Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab

The Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab will develop local capacity in Kenya to carry out laboratory-based animal health research to improve East Coast fever vaccines and diagnostics and conduct social and economic evaluations of the effects of animal health interventions on human...

Dec 2019Apr 2022

Gender planning

Much effort has been geared towards ‘gender mainstreaming’ to ensure that women’s needs, capabilities and constraints are included in the development of technologies, practices and business approaches. Such mainstreaming in livestock often aimed to highlight the underplayed, invisible and...

Jan 2020Dec 2023

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Livestock provides income and employment to farmers, agricultural service providers and others involved in the value chain. Zimbabwe’s livestock production system is characterized by small-scale subsistence farming. Despite the importance of livestock to rural livelihoods, productivity remains low...

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