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ILRI News on gender

07 Jan 2022

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health publishes 2020 annual report

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) published its 2020 annual report on activities and accomplishments from its five research flagships: food systems for healthier diets; biofortification; food safety; supporting policies, programs, and enabling action through...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

03 Dec 2021

Milk and animal source foods can help turn the tide on malnutrition for children in Rwanda

The tummies of little children need to be filled with a variety of nutritious foods for them to flourish and grow into healthy adults. This, and the importance of including animal-source foods into their diets, has been the focus of an initiative in Rwanda, aimed at building on work already done to...

Natalie BerkoutWriter(CGIAR Research Program on Livestock)
Tara Todras-WhitehillVisual storyteller(CGIAR Research Program on Livestock)

ILRI News

25 Nov 2021

For or against women empowerment? Views from men and women smallholder farmers in the Southern and Amhara regions of Ethiopia

This article is co-authored by Esther Njuguna (ILRI), Rachel Gitundu (ILRI), Nelly Njiru (ILRI), Lenesil Asfaw (Consultant), Melkamu Derseh (ILRI) and Annet Mulema (IDRC). Ethiopia is increasingly highly vulnerable to climate change. Farmers across different regions are dealing with climate...

Esther NjugunaSenior scientist

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Publications on gender

Blog Post

Published2021

For or against women empowerment? Views from men and women smallholder farmers in the Southern and Amhara regions of Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2021

Gender dynamics around introduction of improved forages in Kenya and Ethiopia

Manual

Published2021

Training manual, LI-CHAN: Livestock-led interventions towards equitable livelihoods and improved environment in the north-west highlands of Vietnam

Book Chapter

Published2021

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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ILRI News on gender

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health publishes 2020 annual report

Milk and animal source foods can help turn the tide on malnutrition for children in Rwanda

For or against women empowerment? Views from men and women smallholder farmers in the Southern and Amhara regions of Ethiopia

Publications on gender

For or against women empowerment? Views from men and women smallholder farmers in the Southern and Amhara regions of Ethiopia

Gender dynamics around introduction of improved forages in Kenya and Ethiopia

Training manual, LI-CHAN: Livestock-led interventions towards equitable livelihoods and improved environment in the north-west highlands of Vietnam

Toward structural change: Gender transformative approaches

Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research

From vulnerability to agency in climate adaptation and mitigation

ILRI Projects on gender

Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab

Gender planning

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)