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New guide outlines options for integrating gender equity and social inclusion in low-emissions dairy production interventions

Posted on Wednesday 25 January 2017 by Dorine Odongo • Leave a comment

A recently published research report highlights that in order to appropriately address gender and socially inclusive development in the Kenyan dairy sector, any intervention must take into consideration the substantive cultural gender issues that are at play at both the household and producer organization levels. Continue reading →

Agriculture / CCAFS / Climate Change / Gender / Gender news / Women

New papers explore gender-inclusive climate adaptation strategies

Posted on Monday 19 December 2016 by Dorine Odongo • Leave a comment

Articles featured in a special edition of the journal of Gender, Technology and Development demonstrate that providing women with engagement opportunities and adaptation resources will greatly reduce the variance in agricultural productivity between men and women, which currently range from four to 25 percent globally. Continue reading →

Agriculture / CCAFS

Millions of small-scale food producers on a collision course with climate change

Posted on Saturday 31 December 2011 by ILRI Communications

For people living in absolute poverty and chronic hunger, the solution is not to rid the world of livestock, but to find ways to farm animals more efficiently and more sustainably Continue reading →

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A new project promises to generate better dietary and health data for agriculture and nutrition interventions in Africa
One Health: Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic diseases and food security in focus for SIGHT Award 2018
Role of trust and collaborative networks in developing smallholder farmers’ agribusiness capacities
Joint village land use planning secures over 95,000 hectares of grazing lands for livestock keepers in Tanzania’s Kiteto District
Improved cattle feeding holds the key to dairy sector growth in Nicaragua
ILRI publishes caveat emptor on Kapiti land grab attempts
Call to improve food safety in low- and middle-income countries—From hazards to risks and from farm to fork
New World Bank report says food-borne illnesses cost USD110 billion per year in low- and middle-income countries

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Trade-offs related to agricultural use of antimicrobials and synergies emanating from efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance Monday 15 October 2018
Assessing knowledge, beliefs and practices related to the consumption of sheep and goat meat in Senegal Saturday 15 December 2018
Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia project: Taskforce for food safety risk assessment and project stakeholder workshop report Wednesday 31 October 2018