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Community gender profiles help target small ruminant value chain interventions in Ethiopia
The design of research and development interventions in Ethiopia has long been hampered by a lack of gender disaggregated data. Working to overcome these data shortages, a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise was ...
Opportunities and limitations of multidimensional crop improvement in grain legumes to support increased productivity in mixed crop livestock systems
While rising demand for animal sourced food (ASF) in emerging and developing countries increases feed demand, shrinking natural resource base particularly arable land and water limit feed production. Consequently crop ...
Community gender profiles across livestock production systems in Ethiopia: Implications for intervention design
The design of research and development interventions promoting gender-responsive value chains is hampered by the lack of gender disaggregated data. Data shortages in the livestock sector span multiple issues including ...
Progress Report: Increase livestock productivity to improve availability of animal proteins to the households and increased revenues and wellbeing of livestock keepers
Meat, milk, fiber and pelts from small ruminants are key income sources for agro-pastoral
communities living in mountainous regions in Tajikistan or on marginal salt-affected land in
Uzbekistan. As their main source of ...
Advancing the gender agenda in small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia
A recent gender capacity assessment study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) revealed that low or lack of gender ...
Gender capacity assessment feedback and validation report for the small ruminant value chain in Ethiopia
Gender Capacity Assessment (GCA) was conducted in April - May, 2015 with six research and development partners of ILRI/ICARDA to give momentum to the implementation of strategic interventions that will directly address the ...
ICARDA Annual Report 2016
2016 was the hottest year on record – the third consecutive record-breaking year. It was a sign that we have to act fast to enhance the resilience of dryland farmers, who not only have to contend with more extreme temperatures ...
Agriculture science & innovation for national climate change action plans
Climate change is a fact of life in the world’s dry lands. Climate-smart farming, as part of a national climate change action plan, supports drylands countries’ long-term agricultural growth. It helps regenerate degraded ...