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ILRI News on gender

07 Jun 2019

Gender inequalities across farming systems: Insights from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey

Originally posted on the RHoMIS blog Scientists and development practitioners around the world are working with smallholder farmers to transform their agricultural practices to better adapt to, and even mitigate, climate change. The international development community has prioritized two strategies...

ILRI News

24 May 2019

David Aronson

Development policy and practice – a case study in disruptive innovations

By Eva Ohlsson and Boleslaw Stawicki A disease that was supposed to have been preventable by vaccine recently reemerged as a major killer of chicks in Kenya, seriously damaging the livelihoods of countless smallholder farmers and driving thousands of them out of the poultry business altogether. It...

ILRI News

18 Apr 2019

Susan MacMillan

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...

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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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