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ILRI News on gender

08 Dec 2020

Addressing Uganda’s pig value chain constraints, the PigSmart way

Improved pigs on a farm in Hoima district (photo: ILRI/Karen Marshall). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is implementing a Uganda priority country project to address specific constraints in the pig value chain. The ‘Improving pig productivity and incomes through an...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

03 Dec 2020

New research examines gender dynamics in seed systems development

First published on the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) blog by Berber Kramer, Alessandra Galiè, and Evgeniya Anisimova . (CIAT Seeds. Photo credit: CIAT/Stephanie Malyon). All agricultural production—whether of crops, trees, forages, livestock or fish—starts with...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

ILRI News

26 Nov 2020

From framework to implementation: ILRI Impact at Scale program publishes first scaling readiness analysis on livestock innovations

The Impact at Scale (I@S) program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has published the ‘ Scaling Readiness report and scaling plan for training and certification approach for small-scale pig producers in Uganda. ’ This is the first of a series of Scaling Readiness reports and...

Saba ErmyasCommunications Officer

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Publications on gender

Report

Published2011

Report on the FAO-ILRI Training Workshop “Understanding and Integrating Gender in Livestock Projects and Programs”, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22–25 November 2011

Book Chapter

Published2020

The impact of ILRI research on gender

Brief

Published2020

Gender and adoption of improved livestock production technologies

Report

Published2020

The gender dimensions of fodder technology adoption in East Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Kenya

Report

Published2020

Gender integration in the Ethiopian agricultural extension system: A literature review

Journal Article

Published2020

Gendered perceptions of biosecurity and the gender division of labor in pig farming in Uganda

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ILRI Projects on gender

Dec 2019Apr 2022

BMGF-funded project on 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...

Mar 2019Jun 2022

Transforming the vaccine delivery system in Ghana: identifying approaches that benefit women

Testing innovative approaches to vaccine delivery This project will test two innovative approaches for vaccine delivery — one gender accommodative and one gender transformative — by adapting CARE’s Gender Transformative Farmer Field and Business School approach to facilitating women’s sustained...

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