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Enhancing awareness of equity issues in the Malawian veterinary medicine sector
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Enhancing awareness of equity issues in the Malawian veterinary medicine sector

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Recently, ILRI researchers from the Policies, Institutions and Livelihoods (PIL) Program and the collaborative CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) developed and implemented a two-day training curriculum on equity and gender for the finalists from the first veterinary class at Malawi’s Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Continue reading →

A4NH / AHH / ILRI / Livelihoods / Livestock / Markets / Nutrition

Livestock markets, animal source foods and human nutrition: Considering program tensions, maximizing impact and avoiding harm

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On 17 October 2016, Land O’Lakes International Development and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will host a one-day in-person event in Washington DC that addresses the programmatic and operational challenges of increasing consumption of ASF in rural and producer households through market development initiatives. Continue reading →

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Is the empowerment of women livestock keepers the key to improved nutrition? A new study seeks to find out

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A team of gender scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in collaboration with the CGIAR research program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health and Emory University, are undertaking a survey in Tanzania that assesses the empowerment status of women livestock keepers involved in the Maziwa Zaidi project and the relation between the empowerment of these women and the nutritional status of their household members. Continue reading →