Tag Archives: EADD

Africa / Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Knowledge and Information / LIVESTOCK-FISH / PIL / Research / Tanzania / Uganda / Value Chains

Profiling East Africa dairy project farmers – what the survey says

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This report provides summary information of the farmers participating in the EADD longitudinal survey. The analysis is drawn from data gathered during the farmer recruitment survey. Section 2 of the report provides a brief on the survey methodology, while sections 3 and 4 provide regional and country specific summary statistics. Continue reading →

Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Markets / PIL / Uganda

East African dairy farmers using mobile phones to record yields

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Smallholder dairy farmers participating in Kenya and Uganda are set to benefit from an innovative and interactive mobile-based system allowing them to effectively record farm events and gain access to productivity-enhancing information and services. Continue reading →

Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / Kenya / LIVESTOCK-FISH / PIL / Project / Tanzania

Filling up the milk can: Dairy farmers gain from using mobile phones to record yields

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In the East Africa Dairy Development (EADD), a regional project that is helping farmers boost milk and dairy production in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, smallholder dairy farmers who are part of the project’s dairy hubs are set to benefit from an innovative and interactive mobile-based system that allows them to effectively record farm events and have access to information and services that help them enhance the productivity of their livestock. Continue reading →

Africa / Agriculture / Gender / Gender news / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / PIL / Publication / Value Chains / Women

Integrating livelihoods and rights in livestock value chain research for women empowerment development programs

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A study was carried out to evaluate the impacts of microcredit and value chain intervention projects for livestock on women’s empowerment. Using the Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and adapting it for measuring empowerment for women and men in both economic and rights dimensions as a result of livestock microcredit and value chain interventions in the Kenyan context, the researchers from this study recognized that for the most part, indicators of economic empowerment and rights seemed to agree in terms of empowerment and disempowerment. Continue reading →

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ILRI scientists participate in the African dairy conference

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Two senior agricultural economists with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) were among the speakers during the 10th African Dairy conference and Exhibition held in Nairobi on 24 to 26 September 2014, during which they shared on dairy production and the policy and economic issues facing the dairy sector. Continue reading →

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Guardian article highlights success of volunteer farmer trainers in East Africa dairy project

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An article published this month (5 Aug 2014) in The Guardian’s farming and food security hub describes how the East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project has successfully worked with volunteer farmer trainers to improve milk production in East Africa. Continue reading →

Dairying / East Africa / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / PIL / Project

Tracking the progress of producer organizations: EADD implements the ‘stage gate assessment tool’

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Sustainability of the projects and interventions under the EADD program has been of fundamental importance, with the goals of program’s second phase focusing on among others, increasing the performance and sustainability of hubs in each of the program countries. Continue reading →