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Jan 2019Dec 2022

Women in business: chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Methods Study of existing breed dissemination pathways; develop and test women-led business models to disseminate chicks to farmers in remote areas; engage in gender responsive and transformative approaches; assess impact on women’s empowerment and on nutrition. Expected impact Women’s empowerment...

Feb 2019Mar 2020

Gender at scale (Exploring ‘feminization’ of agriculture through gender dynamics across scales in East Africa)

Feminization of agriculture is a measurable increase of women's participation in the agricultural sector. It is a phenomenon common to many countries particularly in the developing world. Studying the feminization of agriculture with a gender lens is important to understand its prevalence and how...

Jan 2017Dec 2021

ReSAKSS Phase III

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes established in 2006 under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). It supports implementation of CAADP efforts to promote evidence and outcome-based policy...

Oct 2017Sep 2022

Kenya crops and dairy market systems development activity (KCDMSD)

The Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity (KCDMSD) is a five-year (Oct 2017–Sept 2022) program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is funded as part of Feed the Future, the US government’s global hunger, and food security initiative that helps...

Oct 2016Jun 2017

Assessing competitiveness of smallholder pig farming in the changing landscape of northwest Vietnam

Jan 2017Dec 2019

Enhancing milk quality and consumption for improved income and nutrition in Rwanda

Objectives Generate evidence on interventions aimed at improving dairy income and consumption of milk in Rwanda. Specifically, the project will; evaluate the impact of a nutrition education intervention on ASF consumption and nutrition outcomes among children (12-23 months) and pregnant and...

nutrition

Aug 2016Oct 2019

Global livestock advocacy for development - phase 1

The project aims to marshal and communicate evidence that can be used to advocate for increased funding for livestock for development priorities. Through the project, evidence and creative content will be assembled and creatively presented, intentional convening and engagement in targeted high-...

Jan 2015Dec 2016

Tanzania Livestock Master Plan (LMP)

The project is expected to run for 14 months and provide training and technical backstopping to livestock experts and planning staff of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Department;  resulting in a realistic, fact-based medium term Livestock Master Plan (LMP) that will guide policy...

livestock

Jul 2013May 2017

More milk by and for the poor: adapting dairy market hubs for pro-poor smallholder value chains in Tanzania

The project aims to improve rural based livelihoods through milk. Preliminary findings indicate that resource poor small holder farmers have very low access to adequate feeding, breeding, animal health and credit services. Only 4% of poor livestock keepers currently have access to credit and only 1...