Category Archives: Gender

On the two central, and under-resourced, assets of the developing world: Women and livestock
Africa / Directorate / Event report / Gender / ILRI / ILRIComms / Interview / Policy / Pro-Poor Livestock / Women

On the two central, and under-resourced, assets of the developing world: Women and livestock

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An interesting discussion took place at a news conference that followed the policy session on Thursday morning (11 May 2017), the fourth of this five-day Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock. A member of the audience asked the following question of the distinguished panel members, who included ministerial rank leaders of livestock development agenda in several African countries. Continue reading →

A chicken in every pot? New research makes the poultry case for food and nutritional security
Animal Products / Biodiversity / Breeds / Chickens / Consumption / Food Security / Gender / Indigenous Breeds / Nutrition / Pro-Poor Livestock / Science paper / Women

A chicken in every pot? New research makes the poultry case for food and nutritional security

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A review paper just published online tells us more than (we might have thought) we’d like to know about how poultry production, conducted on small scales and in poor settings, affects food security. The review appears in Global Food Security (available online 2 May 2017). Continue reading →

‘Leakey pipeline’ for women scientists stands the test of time
Agriculture / Article / Food Security / Gender / Research / Women

‘Leakey pipeline’ for women scientists stands the test of time

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The report by the publisher Elsevier found that despite their moderate advances, women still published fewer articles than men, and were much less likely to be listed as first or last authors on a paper. Citation rates, however, were roughly equal: although female authors were cited slightly less than male authors, work authored by women was downloaded at slightly higher rates. Continue reading →

ACGG / Animal Breeding / Animal Production / Animal Products / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / Food Security / Gender / Indigenous Breeds / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Nigeria / Nutrition / Research / Tanzania / West Africa / Women

Chickens from the ACGG project to the rescue of African women and families

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Women represent 70% of African smallholder chicken producers. Chickens can be a real way out of difficult livelihoods for these women and the households they attend to. A new project, SciDev.Net recently reported, is aiming at leveraging this potential in novel ways. Continue reading →

Bangladesh / Burkina Faso / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / CGIAR / Egypt / Ethiopia / Gender / ILRI / India / Livelihoods / Livestock-Fish / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Markets / Photofilm / Tanzania / Uganda / Value Chains / Women

Short ‘Livestock and Fish’ animated video on what ‘capacity development’ is, what it does, why and with whom

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What is the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish doing to develop capacity to enhance smallholder agricultural value chains in Asia, Africa and Latin America? Take a look at this wonderfully animated 6-minute video to find out. Continue reading →