Sustainable Animal Productivity

The CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity – also known as Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition, and Gender Inclusion, or SAPLING – aims to assess trade-offs and demonstrate how improvements in livestock productivity can offer a triple win: generating improved livelihoods and nutritional outcomes; contributing to women’s empowerment; and reducing impacts on climate and the environment.

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New research initiative to address challenges facing Ethiopia’s dairy, poultry and small ruminants’ sectors launched
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

23.06.22
- Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
- Nutrition, health & food security
Livestock production is an important sub-sector within Ethiopia’s economy in terms of its contribu…
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New research initiative to address challenges facing Tanzania’s dairy and poultry sectors launched
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

14.06.22
- Climate adaptation & mitigation
- Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
- Nutrition, health & food security
- Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Tanzania has some of the largest livestock herds and flocks in Africa, comprising 34 million…
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13.10.22

Sustainable livestock production as a solution for climate, health, nutrition and livelihoods
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Ethiopia
Kenya
Mali
Nepal
Tanzania
Uganda
Vietnam

Partners

The Sustainable Animal Productivity Initiative has a wide array of demand, innovation, and scaling partners. Partners, stakeholders and scientists co-design the activities at country and work package levels through a series of consultations, some before the submission of the proposal to articulate the demand. Learn more about our partners.