Beneficiaries of the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program share how high-quality livestock fodder grasses such as Brachiaria is enabling them to double their cows’ daily milk production. More milk means more income to invest in viable enterprises. By supporting farmers with evidence...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Growing grass: Lucrative opportunities in commercialization of feeds in western Kenya]
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Growing grass: Lucrative opportunities in commercialization of feeds in western Kenya
The gender initiative started when the team started to focus on “quality money” for “quality work”. An open call for proposals to integrate gender in research led to excellent feedback: at least 20 positive proposals. Decisions on which projects to fund were taken based on certain criteria. The p...
Gender is an important dimension in livestock systems. Animals are a source of food and nutrients for people including for women and children, livestock provides an income, resources to send children to school, buy commodities, etc. Women are central to livestock rearing; they provide about 70% o...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Improved bean varieties for improved yields and better nutrition]
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Improved bean varieties for improved yields and better nutrition
Interview with Emily Ouma (ILRI) for the book "A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research". http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76684
Ouma, Emily A.
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[Sitting together: How to analyse technical data with a gender perspective]
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Sitting together: How to analyse technical data with a gender perspective
Gender budgeting makes explicit expenditures and outputs related to gender. Of the $3.5 million associated with gender work, $2 million were dedicated to mainstreaming gender in research and $1.5 million to strategic research. Making the gender budget explicit has not been easy. Some research are...
Rainey, P.
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[Making gender budgeting explicit in a livestock and fish research program]
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Making gender budgeting explicit in a livestock and fish research program
Produced about the work of the Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) of Ethiopian Farmers project. The film was originally done in October 2013. It explains how 'mass artificial insemination' of cattle combined with hormone synchronization and sex fixing benefits Ethiopia's cattle owners.
International Livestock Research Institute
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[More money, milk and meat: Promoting mass artificial insemination for Ethiopian cattle]
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More money, milk and meat: Promoting mass artificial insemination for Ethiopian cattle