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ILRI News on livelihoods

27 Mar 2020

Promoting better agricultural practices of drought-tolerant crops in farming communities

Makueni Ventures chairman, John Ndiso in the farm in Emali, Makueni County. Photo Credit AVCD/Muthoni Njiru Makueni Agribusiness Ventures is a 10-member farmer group that participated in an AVCD funded good agricultural practices (GAPs) and modern farming training lead by ICRISAT. The group has a...

Muthoni NjiruCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

ILRI News

20 Mar 2020

Livestock route mapping for improved health of humans, animals and the environment

Pastoralism is an effective and productive livelihood system that makes the best use of variably distributed natural resources in often dry rangeland areas where it has a particularly strong comparative advantage over other land uses. In order to function well, pastoralists and their livestock need...

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Publications on livelihoods

Presentation

Published2020

A system dynamics approach to chain/network analysis in the primary industry sector

Presentation

Published2020

Using participatory system dynamics approaches to evaluate the nutritional sensitivity of a producer-facing agricultural intervention in India and Bangladesh

Presentation

Published2019

Gendered barriers and opportunities among milk traders in the informal sector in peri-urban Nairobi

Presentation

Published2019

Exploring feminization of agriculture through gender dynamics across scales

Presentation

Published2019

Integrating gender considerations into livestock genetic improvement programs in low to middle income countries

Presentation

Published2019

Integrating gender considerations into livestock genetic improvement in low to middle income countries: A conceptual framework

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ILRI Projects on livelihoods

Jan 2019Dec 2022

Women in business: chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Methods Study of existing breed dissemination pathways; develop and test women-led business models to disseminate chicks to farmers in remote areas; engage in gender responsive and transformative approaches; assess impact on women’s empowerment and on nutrition. Expected impact Women’s empowerment...

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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...

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Tags: livelihoods

ILRI News on livelihoods

Promoting better agricultural practices of drought-tolerant crops in farming communities

Livestock route mapping for improved health of humans, animals and the environment

On this International Women’s Day 2020, ILRI commits to strengthening women’s rights in livestock systems and enterprises

Publications on livelihoods

A system dynamics approach to chain/network analysis in the primary industry sector

Using participatory system dynamics approaches to evaluate the nutritional sensitivity of a producer-facing agricultural intervention in India and Bangladesh

Gendered barriers and opportunities among milk traders in the informal sector in peri-urban Nairobi

Exploring feminization of agriculture through gender dynamics across scales

Integrating gender considerations into livestock genetic improvement programs in low to middle income countries

Integrating gender considerations into livestock genetic improvement in low to middle income countries: A conceptual framework

ILRI Projects on livelihoods

Women in business: chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

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