ILRI reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on women leaders in marking the IWD 2021

Posted on Monday 8 March 2021 by Judy Kimani • Leave a comment

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is ”Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” It is aimed at celebrating the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. At ILRI, we sought to mark the day by reflecting on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and the leadership strategies they are implementing to manage the situation. Continue reading →

Dairying / Impact Assessment / Livelihoods / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / PIL / policy / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Using theory of change for outcome-oriented research

Posted on Tuesday 16 June 2020 by Judy Kimani • Leave a comment

Research plays a key role in identifying challenges as well as opportunities that can be used to spur development in the livestock sector. Therefore, in conducting research one of the core objectives is to ensure it makes significant contribution towards improving livelihoods.
Given that there are many priorities competing for stakeholder attention and scarce resources, research should not only help generate and promote strategies, but also demonstrate how they contribute to sustainable livestock development. Continue reading →

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 Monday 4 February 2019 by Judy Kimani • 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 →

Agriculture / Article / Livelihoods / LIVESTOCKCRP / Markets / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Value chain upgrading and inclusion of smallholders in markets: Role of multistakeholder processes in dairy development in Tanzania

Posted on Tuesday 14 February 2017 by Brian Kawuma • Leave a comment

An analysis of smallholder integration into agri-food markets was carried out by researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Wageningen University, through a case study of an ongoing smallholder dairy development program in Tanzania, locally referred to as ‘Maziwa Zaidi’. Continue reading →

Africa / ILRI / PIL / PIM / Southern Africa / Swaziland / Value Chains

Call for abstracts: International conference on livestock value chain finance and access to credit

Posted on Monday 17 October 2016 by Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) • 1 Comment

In February 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Swaziland Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (SWADE) and the Micro Finance Unit, Swaziland (MFU) are organizing an international conference on livestock value chain finance and access to credit. Continue reading →

Crop-Livestock / East Africa / Goats / ILRI / Impact Assessment / Intensification / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / PIL / Small Ruminants / Southern Africa / Tanzania

What was the impact of dairy goats distributed by the crop-goat project in Tanzania?

Posted on Wednesday 21 September 2016 by Paul Karaimu • 1 Comment

This poster, produced for the Tropentag 2016 conference, highlights findings from an evaluation of the impacts of introducing dairy goats on income, assets and food consumption in Morogoro region. Continue reading →

ILRI policies, instititions and livelihoods program