In another workshop held in the capital on January 16, 2013, the International Food Policy Research Institute pointed out that a large proportion of women are disempowered relative to men within their households. Inadequate control of resources, lack &…
Archive for January, 2013
International Potato center (CIP) – The Mama SASHA project in western Kenya
The Mama SASHA project in western Kenya is a 5-year project (2010-2014) that seeks to explicitly integrate agriculture and nutrition interventions into antenatal health care services to maximize the potential benefits of orange-fleshed sweetpotato.
What do you want from your rice, madam?
What makes a good rice eating experience? What makes a consumer choose any particular variety over another? It seems to have something to do with where you live and what you have access to. AfricaRice researchers and students have been finding out just…
‘Health is not the absence of disease (and too important to be left to doctors)’–Keynote address
At an Aug 2012 Asia Regional Livestock Policy Forum in Bangkok, director general of ILRI, Jimmy Smith, delivered a keynote address on ‘health at the livestock-policy interface’. He described three kinds of health—human, animal and ecosystem—and…
Gender integration and data analysis: a better way to move forward
Gender mainstreaming in agricultural development is on the agenda of national governments and the international development community (for more information on CIMMYT and gender mainstreaming see “Integrating gender into WHEAT and MAIZE CRPs: A leap f…