Africa's women livestock farmers fulfill on Africa's renewal
To celebrate International Women's Day (http://www.internationalwomensday.com/) today, ILRI highlights a few of the major contributions made by Africa’s ‘WILD’ women—‘Women in Livestock Development’—to the continent’s renewal through economic, nutritional and environmental security.
Millions of women livestock farmers remain the majority of African farmers, the backbone of African agriculture, the food-security managers of African households, and the key to Africa’s renewal.
Why livestock? Because livestock ownership by women is more common than land ownership. Because even landless women are raising small domesticated animals to feed, clothe and educate their children. Because increasing women’s access to farm animals—the ‘living assets’ most commonly available to the poor worldwide—is a ready way to empower women otherwise severely marginalized.
African Women's Contribution to African Agriculture
A Fairer Deal for Women
Identifying the Real Farmer
Milk, Eggs and Meat
Women's Roles and Ownership of Assets
Increasing Assets in Women's Hands
Pro-Women Approaches to Technology Development and Selection
Women Farmers Uptake of Disease Control Methods
Women's Preferred Livestock: Income Distribution and Time Costs
Disease control: Protecting Women's Preferred Livestock
Women's Access to Technologies and Know-How
Vulnerability to Effects of Livestock Diseases
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WILD Contributors: Susan MacMillan, Janice Njoroge, Grace Ndungu, Maria Mulindi, Christine Thuranira and Margaret Macdonald-Levy.