Reaching out to Nicaraguan livestock farming communities: ‘Because the farm belongs to all of us’

Seeking to address issues regarding the way men and women livestock farmers understand and manifest masculinity in their lives by identifying behaviours and dynamics linked to traditional gender roles in rural communities, the Livestock and Fish program recorded two radio vignettes with a group of five community members, in collaboration with Radio Camoapa, a local radio station located in the center-north region of Nicaragua. Continue reading →

Improving efficiency and increasing employment in Egypt’s aquaculture sector

The Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development (SDC), has helped to strengthen the aquaculture sector by improving the profitability of fish farms and securing employment for a range of value chain actors, including women fish retailers. Continue reading →

Affordable, quality feed helps farmers in Bangladesh grow more fish

WorldFish research in Bangladesh is equipping fish farmers with the knowledge and machinery to produce their own low-cost, quality fish feed is increasing the productivity of aquaculture. Continue reading →

Mapping the Tanzanian dairy industry: Farming systems, infrastructure and natural resources

In a series of workshops, industry stakeholders in Tanzania recently gathered to map the location of dairy farming systems, prominent farms, dairy industry infrastructure and natural resources. Stakeholders then worked through scenarios of how the industry could develop over a 10 year time horizon – mapping the associated changes. Continue reading →

Livestock and Fish research-for-development highlights in 2014

Looking back – and across the whole program portfolio – we identified three main activity areas where the program worked in 2014. We also launched an important cross-cutting ‘gender initiative’ to help our researchers make their interventions gender-equitable. Continue reading →

Modern piggery showcased on Uganda Broadcasting Corporation

Last week, the work of the smallholder pig value chain development project in Uganda was broadcast in the ‘Modern Farming’ series of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation. Continue reading →

Livestock and Fish program evaluation reviews successes in Vietnam and seeks new research opportunities

The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish is undergoing an independent external evaluation to assess the phase one implementation of the program. As part of the review, the evaluation team visited the Livestock and Fish value chains development research sites in the North Central Coast and the Central Highlands of Vietnam on 28 June–3 July 2015. Continue reading →

How theories of change contribute to Livestock and Fish research monitoring

In this report, Keith Child and colleagues share the Livestock and Fish program’s experience with a theory of change (ToC) approach to monitoring and evaluation. Continue reading →

Livestock and Fish announces 2 CGIAR-US universities linkages projects

The livestock and fish program has selected two projects to receive USAID funds to promote linkages with United States universities.

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ILRI review assesses dairy development successes and failures in Tanzania

In 2014, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) carried out a ‘Review of successes and failures of dairy value chain development interventions in Tanzania’, to identify the best interventions and strategies to pilot that are pro-poor, gender-sensitive and environmentally sustainable. Continue reading →