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ILRI News on women

07 Oct 2019

Confused about the meat/milk/diet wars? That’s OK. It’s complicated. And poorly fact-checked. And under-studied.

All illustrations by Japanese graphic artist Zenji Funabashi. Just in time to add fuel to the fire of the current meat, milk and diet wars being waged in scholarly and lay media alike comes the latest issue (Oct 2019) of the scientific journal Animal Frontiers on Foods of animal origin: A...

ILRI News

23 Sep 2019

Susan MacMillan

ILRI opinion piece in the Financial Times on the place of ‘alt-meats’ (aka ‘meat without feet’) in poorer countries

“‘Alt meats’ are not the answer for poorer countries” https://t.co/NcN5tgiGTT — Susan MacMillan (@SusanMacMillan) September 23, 2019

ILRI clippings

12 Sep 2019

David Aronson

Thursday Links (September 2019)

A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. News out of Africa An article in The Nation says that supermarkets in...

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Publications on women

Journal Article

Published2019

Women's agency in changing contexts: A case study of innovation processes in Western Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse

Presentation

Published2019

Understanding empowerment among retailers in the informal milk sector in peri-urban Nairobi: Informing an adaptation of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Poster

Published2019

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

Journal Article

Published2019

Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2019

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

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ILRI Projects on women

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 2016Sep 2021

MoreMilk: Making the most of milk

The MoreMilk project aims to generate research evidence on how informal milk markets can be leveraged to improve nutrition and health, especially in peri-urban settings. The overall objective of the project is to improve child health and nutrition outcomes through milk consumption. The project will...

Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP)

The Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP) is jointly led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to better understand gender and asset dynamics in agricultural development programs. GAAP core team members works...

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