Tags: livelihoods

ILRI News on livelihoods

08 Apr 2019

Kenyan agriculturist Su Kahumbu on the need for ‘pro-smallholder’ and ‘pro-soil’ policies

Su Kahumbu with John Njure, a small-scale Kenyan dairy farmer (photo credit: iCow). TED Fellow Su Kahumbu is one of Kenya’s most authoritative and sustainable farmers. She is the brains behind two social enterprises: ‘Green Dreams TECH Ltd’, an organic farm and service connecting Kenya’s small-...

ILRI News

05 Apr 2019

Judy Kimani

Shaping the future of livestock in Kenya

Participants of the national multi-stakeholder consultation in Nairobi (photo credit: ILRI/ Wilson Maina). Multiple stakeholders drawn from Kenya’s public and private sectors, academia, research, donors, non-governmental organizations, social movements and community-based organizations as well as...

ILRI News

31 Mar 2019

Susan MacMillan

Expanding livestock production in Asia and Africa key to environmental as well as human welfare gains—New study

Above and below: stone carving bas reliefs from the ruins of ancient Persepolis, capital city of the Persian empire, 5th Century B.C. Those concerned that the rising demand for milk, meat and eggs in lower incomes countries spells only environmental harm should take note of this new scientific...

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Publications on livelihoods

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

Video

Published2019

Gender in livestock development: Polly Ericksen

Photo Report

Published2019

Livestock trade in east Africa: Transforming livelihoods through structured trading systems

News Item

Published2017

Capitalising on the potential of women in livestock development

News Item

Published2017

A key component to ending poverty and hunger in developing countries? Livestock

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ILRI Projects on livelihoods

Jun 2015May 2019

Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Serengeti-Mara region, East Africa: Drivers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies (AfricanBioServices)

Climate change Climate change represents a major threat to global biodiversity and in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, it is apparent as increased variability and irregularity of rainfall. Human population growth Africa harbours the fastest growing human population in the world and the pressure on...

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Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

Project goal The overall goal of the project is to improve pastoral livelihoods through sustainable market systems. The project aims to promote pastoral livelihoods diversification, facilitate robust markets for livestock and livestock products and enhance consolidation of knowledge base to enhance...

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Jul 2009Jun 2013

Building livelihoods resilience to alleviate poverty in semi-arid areas of West Africa

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES The project overall objective is to enhance the contribution of agricultural and natural resources systems to improved livelihoods and quality of the environment in semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose is to build smallholder livelihoods resilience, and...