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ILRI News on gender

18 Apr 2019

A ‘Livestock Master Plan’ is MISSION CRITICAL for India’s state of Bihar

Shama Khatoon, outside her goat shed in Bihar, is a widow supporting her family through goat rearing (photo via Aga Khan Development Network/Mansi Midha). The article is written by Steve Staal, leader of ILRI’s Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods program. This is a banner year for the livestock...

Africa RISING feed

15 Mar 2019

Jonathan Odhong

New Africa RISING training manual for building capacity in gender-sensitive research

Systematic integration of gender analysis in the design and activities of a project or program is now globally acknowledged as a prerequisite and best practice for development and deployment of sustainable agricultural interventions. But for most projects (and individual scientists by extension),...

ILRI News

08 Mar 2019

Susan MacMillan

The ascent of women: A replay of a few of our favourite feminist pieces

Left to right: Albrecht Dürer, Studies on the Proportions of the Female Body, 1528; Franz Marc, The Shepherdess, 1912; Alexander Archipenko, Salome, 1910. Women and livestock: Why gender matters are BIG matters View this whole ILRI presentation: Women and livestock: Why gender matters are big...

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Publications on gender

Journal Article

Published2019

Intensifying inequality? Gendered trends in commercializing and diversifying smallholder farming systems in East Africa

Journal Article

Published2019

Presence and property: Gendered perspectives on participation in a dairy development program in Kenya and Uganda

Report

Published2018

Gender strategic research for the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project: A qualitative research guide

Report

Published2018

What works to empower women livestock farmers? A synthesis of GAAP2 Livestock projects

Report

Published2018

Gender assessment of local understanding and indicators of empowerment among ACGG project beneficiaries in Nigeria

Video

Published2019

Gender in livestock development: Rupsha Banerjee

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ILRI Projects on gender

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...

Oct 2017Apr 2022

Market-based approaches to improving the safety of pork in Vietnam (SafePORK)

In Vietnam, pork is the most widely consumed meat and nearly all is sold in traditional (wet) markets. These markets supply nutritious and delicious food to millions of people. Yet, food hazards are pervasive, food scares common, trust in food low and enforcement capacity weak. Unsurprisingly,...

Sep 2017Mar 2021

Safe food, fair food for Cambodia

Cambodia has a rich tradition of tasty and nutritious foods. Animal-source foods are an important part of the cuisine with pork, fish, and poultry products widely consumed. The great majority of livestock products are produced by smallholders, many of them women, and sold in traditional, wet...

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