Category Archives: Gender

Unravelling value chains through participatory modelling: part 2
Article / Bangladesh / Gender / India / Innovation Systems / Interview / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / PIL / Research / South Asia / Value Chains

Unravelling value chains through participatory modelling: part 2

Posted on by • Leave a comment

The MINI project is investigating how to increase the availability of fruits and vegetables in nutritionally vulnerable markets in Bihar, India. The barriers to this goal are numerous, ranging from the inferior prices offered to farmers in smaller markets, to the typically weaker purchasing power of rural consumers. Continue reading →

Isabelle Baltenweck: an agricultural economist passionate about making the world a better place for women and men in livestock
Gender / Gender news / LIVESTOCKCRP

Isabelle Baltenweck: an agricultural economist passionate about making the world a better place for women and men in livestock

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock:
The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock recently announced with pleasure the appointment of Dr. Isabelle Baltenweck as its new flagship leader for Livestock, Livelihoods and Agro-food Systems (LLAFS). Originally from France, Isabelle brings to the role close to 20 years of post-doctoral experience in smallholder value chains…

Karen Marshall: a geneticist improving the lives of people in livestock through one national partner at a time
Gender / Gender news / LIVESTOCKCRP

Karen Marshall: a geneticist improving the lives of people in livestock through one national partner at a time

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock:
The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock recently announced with pleasure the appointment of Dr. Karen Marshall as its new flagship leader for Livestock and Genetics. Karen is not a newbie to the position, having led the flagship previously at the end of the first phase of the…

Strengthening gender capacities for organizational effectiveness
Capacity strengthening / East Africa / Ethiopia / Film and Video / Gender / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / LIVESTOCKCRP / PIL / Research / Value Chains

Strengthening gender capacities for organizational effectiveness

Posted on by • Leave a comment

This video highlights some of the results of a three-year initiative (2015-17) by ILRI and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to strengthen the gender capacities of local partners in Ethiopia. Continue reading →

Enhancing awareness of equity issues in the Malawian veterinary medicine sector
A4NH / Animal Health / Article / Capacity strengthening / Gender / Knowledge and Information / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / PIL / policy / Research / Southern Africa / Women

Enhancing awareness of equity issues in the Malawian veterinary medicine sector

Posted on by • 1 Comment

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 →

Gendered barriers and opportunities in milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi: Insights from a webinar presentation
Food Safety / Gender / Gender news / ILRI / Kenya / Livelihoods / LIVESTOCKCRP / PIL / Research / Value Chains / Women

Gendered barriers and opportunities in milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi: Insights from a webinar presentation

Posted on by • Leave a comment

The key findings indicate that milk business is more lucrative for men than for women due to gender-based constraints faced by women milk traders. For instance, access to and purchase of milk from producers is mainly favourable to men due to cultural norms that hinder women such as inability to travel to remote areas due to house chores and inappropriate means of transport (mainly motorbikes). Continue reading →