ILRI postdoctoral scientist shares experiences in gender and livestock research

On 22–26 April 2013, the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) held an international workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa with the theme, “Strengthening the Delivery of Gender Equity Outcomes”. Elizabeth Waithanji, a postdoctoral scientist in gender and livestock at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), prepared a case study for the workshop based on … Continue reading »

Global food policy report calls for efforts to build evidence base on gender in agriculture

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) launched its 2012 Global Food Policy Report on 14 March 2013. This flagship report examines the major food policy developments during 2012 and covers various issues relating to global agricultural productivity, sustainable rural development and food security. The report features a chapter on women in agriculture titled “Closing … Continue reading »

Gender and assets: Eye openers and institutional changes from the Gender, Assets and Agriculture project

The Ethiopia campus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) hosted a workshop of the Gender, Agriculture and Assets project, organized by ILRI and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). In attendance at the meeting were Jemimah Njuki , Team Leader-Women in Agriculture (Pathways) at CARE USA– and formerly Team Leader for the Poverty, Gender and … Continue reading »

Gender to be incorporated into climate-resilient crop-livestock systems

Climate change is a serious threat to sustainable development. It affects and impacts various regions, generations, gender and other classifications differently. Men and women face different climate change impacts because they perform different tasks, have different access to and control over assets and have different sets of knowledge and skills based on their distinct roles … Continue reading »

Animal assets empower women in developing countries

Jemimah Njuki leads the Poverty Gender and Impact team at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In this short film she explains her belief that farm animals are one way for poor women to make money, feed their families better and educate their children. “Owning animal assets gives women power” says Njuki, “… and this … Continue reading »

ILRI’s Jemimah Njuki and her work on empowering African women and communities profiled by IDRC

Women pounding grain for the evening meal in Khulungira Village, in central Malawi (image on Flickr by Mann/ILRI). ‘One of the biggest challenges in gender research, says Jemimah Njuki, is getting it wrong. Good intentions grounded in faulty research often leave women worse off than before. The Kenyan sociologist and gender specialist at the International … Continue reading »

The Missing Link: Jemimah Njuki on TEDx

The TEDx talk given in 2010 on women in agriculture is counted among the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI) achievements on incorporating gender into their research. Read the more about how far ILRI has come in integrating gender in this article ‘A late (great) start on gender work at the International Livestock Research Institute’ by Jemimah … Continue reading »

AgriGender report available

A workshop entitled Gender and market-oriented agriculture: From research to practice (AgriGender 2011) was organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the IPMS project from 31 January to 2 February 2011 in Addis Ababa to share the experiences of integrating gender in initiatives promoting market-oriented agriculture. Download the report Continue reading »

Perspectives on gender and market-oriented agriculture

In February 2011, researchers, development practitioners, donors and policymakers working in Africa and Asia gathered at the Gender and Market-oriented Agriculture workshop in Addis Ababa, organised by ILRI, to discuss ways of enabling women to participate in and benefit from agricultural markets. Several participants offered New Agriculturist their points of view. Why is gender important? … Continue reading »

Designing rural interventions to benefit women

Last month, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) hosted a workshop on gender and market oriented agriculture. In this video, ILRI’s Ranjitha Puskur describes the challenges of designing and implementing agricultural programs that put money into the pockets of poor rural women. She argues that most developing-country women have little control over how the farm … Continue reading »