This book provides empirical evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and from different production systems of the importance of livestock as an asset to women and their participation in livestock and livestock product markets. It explores the issues of intra-household income management and e...
Njuki, Jemimah
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Sanginga, Pascal C.
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[Women, livestock ownership and markets: Bridging the gender gap in eastern and southern Africa]
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Women, livestock ownership and markets: Bridging the gender gap in eastern and southern Africa
There is an undervalued reservoir of diversity of African Leafy Vegetables. These vegetables are extremely important for food security, nutrition and poverty alleviation throughout Africa. However, the reservoir is under threat because the vegetables are being displaced in many areas. There is a ...
Chweya, J.A.
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Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[The biodiversity of traditional leafy vegetables]
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The biodiversity of traditional leafy vegetables
Hellum, A.
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Kameri-Mbote, P.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Water is life: women’s human rights in national and local water governance in southern and eastern Africa]
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Water is life: women’s human rights in national and local water governance in southern and eastern Africa
This paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvemen...
Lefore, Nicole
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Weight, Elizabeth
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Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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[Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan]
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Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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Lung'aho, Mercy G.
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Ochieng, Justus
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Binagwa, Papias
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Mdachi, Mary
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Zakayo, Eunice
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Shida, Nestory
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Msaky, John
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Kadege, Edith
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Mutua, Mercy
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Nyakundi, Fridah
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Kalemera, Sylvia
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[Consumer acceptance of and willingness to pay for high-iron beans in northern Tanzania.]
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Consumer acceptance of and willingness to pay for high-iron beans in northern Tanzania.
A sample survey of 648 households was conducted in 54 villages in the humid forest zone of Cameroon to understand the effect of the economic crisis (dating from 1986) and the 1994 currency devaluation on the practices of small farmers, and the effect of these practices on forest cover change. Fou...
Bikie, H.
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Ndoye, O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[L'Impact de la crise economique sur les systemes agricoles et la changement du couvert forestier dans la zone forestiere humide du Cameroun]
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L'Impact de la crise economique sur les systemes agricoles et la changement du couvert forestier dans la zone forestiere humide du Cameroun
Presents findings of research conducted to identify how the Maasai manage their livestock to achieve their subsistence food requirements and production goals; to determine the casual relations within the production system, and to elucidate the constraints on livestock production and evaluate pote...
Nestel, P.
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[A society in transition: Developmental and seasonal influences on the nutrition of Maasai women and children]
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A society in transition: Developmental and seasonal influences on the nutrition of Maasai women and children
Indriatmoko, Y.
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Yuliani, L.
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Tarigan, Y.
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Gaban, F.
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Maulana, F.
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Munggoro, D.
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Lopulalan, D.
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Adnan, H.
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[Dari desa ke desa: dinamika gender dan pengelolaan kekayaan alam]
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Dari desa ke desa: dinamika gender dan pengelolaan kekayaan alam
Monotonous diets fail to meet human micronutrients' needs. Consequently, dietary diversity is crucial for vulnerable groups, in particular for women of reproductive age (WRA). Could the dietary diversity be measured and used as a simple population-level proxy indicator collected via large-scale s...
Martin-Prevel, Y.
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Allemand, P.
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Wiesmann, D.
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Arimond, M.
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Ballard, T.
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Deitchler, M.
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Dop, M.C.
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Kennedy, G.
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Lee, W.T.K.
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Moursi, M.
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[Moving forward on choosing a standard operational indicator of women’s dietary diversity]
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Moving forward on choosing a standard operational indicator of women’s dietary diversity
Thro, Ann Marie
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[Village perspectives on cassava and implications for biotechnology research: a CBN case study in the lake zone of Northern Tanzania]
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Village perspectives on cassava and implications for biotechnology research: a CBN case study in the lake zone of Northern Tanzania