Capacity development in the Livestock and Fish research program gender strategyILRI
The document summarizes the gender strategy and capacity development activities of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish. It has four key outputs: 1) Increased gender capacity within partner organizations and value chain actors; 2) Access and control of resources in livestock and fish value chains; 3) Gender transformative approaches; and 4) Gender and nutrition. For output 1 on capacity development, activities in 2013 included training manuals, workshops in multiple countries, and hiring gender staff. Plans for 2014 include more training, testing manuals, publications, and tools to conduct gender assessments and integrate gender transformative approaches into value chain work.
Update on Livestock and Fish research program output 3: Gender and societyILRI
Presented by Paula Kantor, WorldFish at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Developing gender capacities from higher educationILRI
Presented by Marina Ulmos (National Agrarian University, Nicaragua) at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Update on Livestock and Fish research program output 2: Gender and value chainsILRI
Presented by Hikuepi Katjiuongua, Froukje Kruijssen and Emily Ouma at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Women and livestock: Why gender matters are big mattersILRI
This document discusses the importance of integrating gender considerations into livestock research. It notes that women play major roles in smallholder livestock systems but often face barriers to benefiting from their labor. Integrating gender can lead to higher incomes for women, improved family welfare, and stronger bargaining power for women. The document provides recommendations for how to conduct gender-sensitive research, including collecting sex-disaggregated data, using participatory methods, addressing women's priorities, and developing gender-sensitive indicators.
Integrating gender into livestock value chainsILRI
Presented by Kathleen Colverson at the Workshop on In-depth smallholder pig value chain assessment and preliminary identification of best-bet interventions, Kampala, 9-11 April 2013
Capacity development in the Livestock and Fish research program gender strategyILRI
The document summarizes the gender strategy and capacity development activities of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish. It has four key outputs: 1) Increased gender capacity within partner organizations and value chain actors; 2) Access and control of resources in livestock and fish value chains; 3) Gender transformative approaches; and 4) Gender and nutrition. For output 1 on capacity development, activities in 2013 included training manuals, workshops in multiple countries, and hiring gender staff. Plans for 2014 include more training, testing manuals, publications, and tools to conduct gender assessments and integrate gender transformative approaches into value chain work.
Update on Livestock and Fish research program output 3: Gender and societyILRI
Presented by Paula Kantor, WorldFish at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Developing gender capacities from higher educationILRI
Presented by Marina Ulmos (National Agrarian University, Nicaragua) at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Update on Livestock and Fish research program output 2: Gender and value chainsILRI
Presented by Hikuepi Katjiuongua, Froukje Kruijssen and Emily Ouma at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Women and livestock: Why gender matters are big mattersILRI
This document discusses the importance of integrating gender considerations into livestock research. It notes that women play major roles in smallholder livestock systems but often face barriers to benefiting from their labor. Integrating gender can lead to higher incomes for women, improved family welfare, and stronger bargaining power for women. The document provides recommendations for how to conduct gender-sensitive research, including collecting sex-disaggregated data, using participatory methods, addressing women's priorities, and developing gender-sensitive indicators.
Integrating gender into livestock value chainsILRI
Presented by Kathleen Colverson at the Workshop on In-depth smallholder pig value chain assessment and preliminary identification of best-bet interventions, Kampala, 9-11 April 2013
Gender mainstreaming at ATA: Current and future directionsILRI
Presented by Zemzem Muhammed, EATA at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Achieving proof of scale for food security and poverty reduction: Gender in ...ILRI
Presented by Kathleen Colverson at the CGIAR Livestock and Fish Research Program Gender Component Planning Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 29-30 November 2012
Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs): Best practices for asset interventio...ILRI
Presented by Elizabeth M. Waithanji at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Enhancing the employment of women fish retailers in EgyptILRI
This document summarizes the IEIDEAS Project in Egypt, which aims to enhance employment of women fish retailers. The 3-year project is approved and funded by SDC. Main activities include disseminating an improved tilapia strain, developing best management practices, supporting women retailers through CARE, expanding aquaculture in Upper Egypt, and improving policies. The project aims to increase aquaculture sustainability, incomes, employment, and nutrition. To date, activities include surveying women retailers, forming women's committees, and providing proposal-writing training. Challenges include the political context, focus and scale of intervention, and fully integrating a gender transformative approach.
The document summarizes a panel discussion on gender issues in agriculture. The panel discussed 1) recommendations from a global conference on women in agriculture, including making women more visible, strengthening the evidence base, and promoting women's rights, 2) a survey that identified priorities like raising gender awareness, integrating gender into policies, and building capacity, and 3) questions for the panel on what their agencies are doing to address gender issues and which recommendations they would prioritize in their work.
Gender mainstreaming efforts in the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchILRI
Presented by Rehima Mussema, EIAR at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Development and implementation of a community based monitoring and evaluation...ILRI
Presented by Harrison Rware, Pamela Pali, Titus Karanja, Carlos Quiros, Jane Poole, John Parkins and Shayo Deogratias at the Workshop on Integrated Dairy Goat and Root Crop Production, ILRI Nairobi, 19 June 2013
Gender analysis of agricultural innovation systems in East AfricaILRI
Presented by Margaret Najjingo Mangheni and Sarah Cardey at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Gender in the East Africa Dairy Development ProjectILRI
Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck and Gerald Mutinda at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
The document summarizes the key activities of the Gender in Cocoa and Coffee Initiative, which was established in 2016 by FAO, KIT, and TWIN to promote gender equitable coffee and cocoa value chains. It describes a multi-stakeholder consultation, 2017 workshop, and published case studies from eight organizations. The publication explores interventions that address gender at different value chain levels and within companies. It concludes that addressing intra-household gender relations, women's voices, scaling adaptations to context, and knowledge sharing are all important for systemic change. The webinar discusses lessons from case studies in Ghana and Kenya that increased women's membership in producer organizations and integrated gender training.
This document summarizes the Dryland Systems Gender Strategy and Work Plan for implementing gender mainstreaming in the Dryland Systems CGIAR Research Program. It discusses the goals of promoting gender equity and reducing gender gaps. Key activities include mainstreaming gender within flagship technologies, undertaking strategic gender research, building gender awareness and capabilities, and integrating gender considerations into organizational structures, implementation, and the action plan. The strategy is aimed at making research and innovations more gender-aware and transformative to improve livelihoods and resilience for vulnerable households and communities.
Presented by Kathleen Earl Colverson at the Africa RISING Integrating Gender into Agricultural Programming training, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-20 August 2014
A trainer's manual" (available at http://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/33426)
This document discusses CocoaConnect's VSLA+CHILD project which uses Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) as a platform to address child labor in cocoa farming communities. The project aims to take a bottom-up approach to tackle the root causes of child labor. It incorporates child labor sensitization and monitoring into existing VSLA and GALS (Gender Action Learning System) activities. This includes discussing child labor issues at VSLA group meetings, including child protection in community development plans, and providing parenting sessions. Household development plans also focus on investing income in child wellbeing. Child labor data is collected through community surveys and discussions with VSLA groups. The goal is to develop a sustainable community-
Power of partnership conference: Poster: Impact of social pensionsThe Impact Initiative
Power of partnership conference: Poster: Impact of social pensions on multiple dimensions of poverty, subjective wellbeing and solidarity across generations
In 2015, the world witnessed two critical global agreements – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Climate Agreement. Both agreements emphasize the need to enhance gender equality while developing response measures to address climate change, reduce food insecurity and improve nutrition. This webinar looks at how gender can be incorporated in this process.
Gender mainstreaming at ATA: Current and future directionsILRI
Presented by Zemzem Muhammed, EATA at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Achieving proof of scale for food security and poverty reduction: Gender in ...ILRI
Presented by Kathleen Colverson at the CGIAR Livestock and Fish Research Program Gender Component Planning Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 29-30 November 2012
Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs): Best practices for asset interventio...ILRI
Presented by Elizabeth M. Waithanji at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Enhancing the employment of women fish retailers in EgyptILRI
This document summarizes the IEIDEAS Project in Egypt, which aims to enhance employment of women fish retailers. The 3-year project is approved and funded by SDC. Main activities include disseminating an improved tilapia strain, developing best management practices, supporting women retailers through CARE, expanding aquaculture in Upper Egypt, and improving policies. The project aims to increase aquaculture sustainability, incomes, employment, and nutrition. To date, activities include surveying women retailers, forming women's committees, and providing proposal-writing training. Challenges include the political context, focus and scale of intervention, and fully integrating a gender transformative approach.
The document summarizes a panel discussion on gender issues in agriculture. The panel discussed 1) recommendations from a global conference on women in agriculture, including making women more visible, strengthening the evidence base, and promoting women's rights, 2) a survey that identified priorities like raising gender awareness, integrating gender into policies, and building capacity, and 3) questions for the panel on what their agencies are doing to address gender issues and which recommendations they would prioritize in their work.
Gender mainstreaming efforts in the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural ResearchILRI
Presented by Rehima Mussema, EIAR at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Development and implementation of a community based monitoring and evaluation...ILRI
Presented by Harrison Rware, Pamela Pali, Titus Karanja, Carlos Quiros, Jane Poole, John Parkins and Shayo Deogratias at the Workshop on Integrated Dairy Goat and Root Crop Production, ILRI Nairobi, 19 June 2013
Gender analysis of agricultural innovation systems in East AfricaILRI
Presented by Margaret Najjingo Mangheni and Sarah Cardey at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
Gender in the East Africa Dairy Development ProjectILRI
Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck and Gerald Mutinda at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013
The document summarizes the key activities of the Gender in Cocoa and Coffee Initiative, which was established in 2016 by FAO, KIT, and TWIN to promote gender equitable coffee and cocoa value chains. It describes a multi-stakeholder consultation, 2017 workshop, and published case studies from eight organizations. The publication explores interventions that address gender at different value chain levels and within companies. It concludes that addressing intra-household gender relations, women's voices, scaling adaptations to context, and knowledge sharing are all important for systemic change. The webinar discusses lessons from case studies in Ghana and Kenya that increased women's membership in producer organizations and integrated gender training.
This document summarizes the Dryland Systems Gender Strategy and Work Plan for implementing gender mainstreaming in the Dryland Systems CGIAR Research Program. It discusses the goals of promoting gender equity and reducing gender gaps. Key activities include mainstreaming gender within flagship technologies, undertaking strategic gender research, building gender awareness and capabilities, and integrating gender considerations into organizational structures, implementation, and the action plan. The strategy is aimed at making research and innovations more gender-aware and transformative to improve livelihoods and resilience for vulnerable households and communities.
Presented by Kathleen Earl Colverson at the Africa RISING Integrating Gender into Agricultural Programming training, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-20 August 2014
A trainer's manual" (available at http://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/33426)
This document discusses CocoaConnect's VSLA+CHILD project which uses Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) as a platform to address child labor in cocoa farming communities. The project aims to take a bottom-up approach to tackle the root causes of child labor. It incorporates child labor sensitization and monitoring into existing VSLA and GALS (Gender Action Learning System) activities. This includes discussing child labor issues at VSLA group meetings, including child protection in community development plans, and providing parenting sessions. Household development plans also focus on investing income in child wellbeing. Child labor data is collected through community surveys and discussions with VSLA groups. The goal is to develop a sustainable community-
Power of partnership conference: Poster: Impact of social pensionsThe Impact Initiative
Power of partnership conference: Poster: Impact of social pensions on multiple dimensions of poverty, subjective wellbeing and solidarity across generations
In 2015, the world witnessed two critical global agreements – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Climate Agreement. Both agreements emphasize the need to enhance gender equality while developing response measures to address climate change, reduce food insecurity and improve nutrition. This webinar looks at how gender can be incorporated in this process.
Nurturing connections: advancing gender equality for improved nutrition and l...CGIAR
This presentation was given by Ramona Ridolfi (Hellen Keller International), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019
How to Elevate Rural Youth Representation for Inclusive Agricultural Develop...Pascal Corbé
The GIZ Agriculture Team in Kenya and two rural youth representatives share their experiences on participatory policy and project initiatives.
The presentation includes videos of the webinar, edited to a 39mins and 10mins versions and videos of pre-recorded inputs that were circulated beforehand to have more time for discussion during the actual webinar and avoid connectivity issues.
The idea is to watch the presentations in your own time beforehand without the usual technical hitches and later join the actual webinar for only the discussion!
More details at https://www.snrd-africa.net/how-to-elevate-rural-youth-representation-for-inclusive-agriculture-and-planning/
Introducing some ILRI and CGIAR activities in EthiopiaILRI
Presented by Siboniso Moyo, Barbara Wieland, Carlo Fadda (Bioversity International), Simon Langan (IWMI), Andrew Mude and Peter Ballantyne at the SDC visit to the ILRI Ethiopia campus, 16 July 2015
Making visible what is currently not visible: Experiences on generating evide...ILRI
The document summarizes Dr. Petra Saghir's work on several projects aimed at integrating gender issues and empowering women in the agricultural sector. The projects focused on: 1) improving food security and nutrition through an integrated dairy goat and crop production program in Tanzania; 2) evaluating how agricultural development programs impact gender inequalities and asset ownership across several African countries; and 3) evaluating how livestock and aquaculture microcredit programs impact women's empowerment in East Africa. The work involved qualitative research, developing gender strategies and assessments, and producing reports on integrating women's rights into economic development.
ICRISAT Global Planning Meeting 2019: Gender integration into the GL and DC v...ICRISAT
1. The document discusses gender integration efforts in the Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals value chains. It outlines various initiatives undertaken including workshops bringing together breeders, gender scientists, and others to discuss tools and case studies.
2. A postdoctoral fellowship focused on conducting a literature review on gender and participatory plant breeding as well as reviewing ICRISAT breeding programs in West and Central Africa. Training was also provided to strengthen gender-responsive research capacities.
3. Mixed methods research in Uganda generated data on gender dynamics in seed systems, varieties preferred by women farmers, and barriers they face. The findings can inform social behavior change and partnership efforts.
The document outlines the vision and work of the oneVillage Foundation (OVF), which aims to empower communities through storytelling, education, and technology. It describes several of OVF's initiatives, including establishing rural farmers cooperatives in Ghana, an IT training program for youth in Ghana called "CatchITYoung", and the creation of "Unity Centers" in Kenya and Nigeria to demonstrate sustainable development solutions. The document emphasizes using a holistic, people-centered approach and integrating local development projects with information and communication technologies.
Wendy Henry has over 20 years of experience in development work, including capacity building, project management, networking, training, fundraising, and advocacy. She has worked extensively in East Africa, most recently as a technical adviser for Voluntary Service Overseas in Kenya and Ethiopia from 2007 to 2015. Her roles have included advising various organizations in Kenya on issues like gender equality, HIV/AIDS, education, livelihoods, and governance. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and qualifications in youth and community work.
Kenya: International cooperation to achieve the education for allSuguru Mizunoya
International Cooperation to Achieve the Education for All Goals
The document discusses international cooperation to achieve Education for All (EFA) goals in Kenya. It covers:
1) An introduction to EFA goals and the education situation in Kenya, including challenges reaching nomadic and disabled populations.
2) Partnership structures between the Ministry of Education, UN agencies like UNICEF and UNESCO, and other donors to implement education policies. Corruption has been an issue with some partnerships.
3) Efforts to monitor and protect human rights in education through a new monitoring system and education law, but challenges remain in ensuring all rights are upheld equally across populations.
"Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security" presentation by Ruth Meinzen-Dick, IFPRI, 25 November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
World Vision is a Christian organization that works with communities to address poverty and injustice. They have developed three models for helping children affected by HIV/AIDS: Community Care Coalitions, life skills training, and Channels of Hope. Community Care Coalitions mobilize communities to care for orphans and vulnerable children. World Vision has established over 274 Coalitions across Uganda reaching over 186,350 children. The Coalitions increase participation from community groups in caring for children and chronically ill households. They also increase children's access to education, healthcare, food and psychosocial support. When communities are empowered through capacity building, their initiatives can effectively support orphaned and vulnerable children.
Kevin Kinusu Kinyangi Short Proffesional CV 2016Kevin Kinyangi
Kevin Kinyangi is a highly motivated program manager with over 5 years of experience in program management, organizational development, and policy advocacy work. He has expertise in areas such as strategic planning, partnership building, policy advocacy, budget monitoring, and program management. Currently he is managing a program on building agricultural trade transparency in East Africa funded by IFAD. He has experience developing advocacy strategies, managing partner contracts, policy development, community mobilization, and institutional development. Professionally he has experience leading organizational development, team building, strategic planning, and partnership development. He is currently the regional director for East Africa at Techfortrade and holds a master's degree in climate change adaptation from the University of Nairobi.
Claire Wright on Ghana Changemaker Week 2013Tim Curtis
Claire Wright and Ben Powell presented on their experience with the International Citizen Service (ICS) program, which sends volunteers aged 18-25 to work on development projects in other countries. Through ICS, they spent 3 months in Ghana working with a resource center for persons with disabilities. Their project involved surveying 250 disabled individuals to understand their livelihoods, health, education, and more in order to suggest future programs and support fundraising. They discussed the cultural exchange and personal growth opportunities the placement provided, and encouraged others to get involved with the ICS program.
Christine Akoth Oyugi Profile. Gender and Inclusion Specialisttinaoyugi
A communication and gender practitioner working in the non-profit programming to improve outcomes for the world's most marginalized. Keen interest in gender responsive public policy especially fiscal policy in addressing the inequalities that bedevil society specifically gender and class inequalities
Women in livestock: Breaking gender biases, shifting normsILRI
This document provides an agenda and background information for a webinar on "Women in Livestock: Breaking Gender Biases, Shifting Norms". The webinar will feature two case studies on transforming vaccine delivery systems for poultry and goats in Ghana to benefit female livestock keepers and providers. It will also include a policy panel discussion on supporting women's roles in livestock value chains. The goal is to identify how to address gender norms that limit women's participation and benefits in the livestock sector through programs and policies.
This document discusses innovation at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ethiopia. It begins with an agenda setting out the topics to be covered, including why innovation is important, principles of innovation, and examples of innovation approaches. The document emphasizes that innovation is about meeting needs and finding solutions, not just technology. It provides examples of innovations that addressed various social needs. It discusses UNDP's approach to innovation, including identifying bottlenecks, analyzing problems, and prototyping ideas. It outlines several UNDP innovation initiatives from 2013 to 2017 that funded innovative projects in various African countries. It promotes a network of innovation hubs across Africa and sharing knowledge between countries.
George O. Owiti has over 10 years of experience facilitating development projects and providing administrative and training support. He co-founded ACFORD KENYA CONSULT and The Great Shepherd ECDE Centre. His work experience includes facilitating various initiatives at World Vision Kenya, SOS Children's Village, and Mildmay International on maternal and child nutrition, financial management training, and organizational development. He has a diploma in cooperative management and is a certified public accountant.
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Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Presentation by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 28–30 November 2023.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Poster by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione presented at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 29 November 2023.
A training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in ...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Jef L. Leroy, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of the MoreMilk training, certificati...ILRI
Poster by Silvia Alonso, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Delia Grace and Jef L. Leroy presented at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Preventing the next pandemic: a 12-slide primer on emerging zoonotic diseasesILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
Preventing preventable diseases: a 12-slide primer on foodborne diseaseILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Preventing a post-antibiotic era: a 12-slide primer on antimicrobial resistanceILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help enhance one's emotional well-being and mental clarity.
Food safety research in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
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The Food Safety Working Group (FSWG) in Vietnam was created in 2015 at the request of the Deputy Prime Minister to address food safety issues in the country. It brings together government agencies, ministries, and development partners to facilitate joint policy dialogue and improve food safety. Over eight years of operations led by different organizations, the FSWG has contributed to various initiatives. However, it faces challenges of diminished government participation over time and dependence on active members. Going forward, it will strengthen its operations by integrating under Vietnam's One Health Partnership framework to better engage stakeholders and achieve policy impacts.
Reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira species in UgandaILRI
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Assessing meat microbiological safety and associated handling practices in bu...ILRI
Presentation by Patricia Koech, Winnie Ogutu, Linnet Ochieng, Delia Grace, George Gitao, Lily Bebora, Max Korir, Florence Mutua and Arshnee Moodley at the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Ecological factors associated with abundance and distribution of mosquito vec...ILRI
Poster by Max Korir, Joel Lutomiah and Bernard Bett presented the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Practices and drivers of antibiotic use in Kenyan smallholder dairy farmsILRI
Poster by Lydiah Kisoo, Dishon M. Muloi, Walter Oguta, Daisy Ronoh, Lynn Kirwa, James Akoko, Eric Fèvre, Arshnee Moodley and Lillian Wambua presented at Tropentag 2023, Berlin, Germany, 20–22 September 2023.
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Compositions of iron-meteorite parent bodies constrainthe structure of the pr...Sérgio Sacani
Magmatic iron-meteorite parent bodies are the earliest planetesimals in the Solar System,and they preserve information about conditions and planet-forming processes in thesolar nebula. In this study, we include comprehensive elemental compositions andfractional-crystallization modeling for iron meteorites from the cores of five differenti-ated asteroids from the inner Solar System. Together with previous results of metalliccores from the outer Solar System, we conclude that asteroidal cores from the outerSolar System have smaller sizes, elevated siderophile-element abundances, and simplercrystallization processes than those from the inner Solar System. These differences arerelated to the formation locations of the parent asteroids because the solar protoplane-tary disk varied in redox conditions, elemental distributions, and dynamics at differentheliocentric distances. Using highly siderophile-element data from iron meteorites, wereconstruct the distribution of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) across theprotoplanetary disk within the first million years of Solar-System history. CAIs, the firstsolids to condense in the Solar System, formed close to the Sun. They were, however,concentrated within the outer disk and depleted within the inner disk. Future modelsof the structure and evolution of the protoplanetary disk should account for this dis-tribution pattern of CAIs.
Candidate young stellar objects in the S-cluster: Kinematic analysis of a sub...Sérgio Sacani
Context. The observation of several L-band emission sources in the S cluster has led to a rich discussion of their nature. However, a definitive answer to the classification of the dusty objects requires an explanation for the detection of compact Doppler-shifted Brγ emission. The ionized hydrogen in combination with the observation of mid-infrared L-band continuum emission suggests that most of these sources are embedded in a dusty envelope. These embedded sources are part of the S-cluster, and their relationship to the S-stars is still under debate. To date, the question of the origin of these two populations has been vague, although all explanations favor migration processes for the individual cluster members. Aims. This work revisits the S-cluster and its dusty members orbiting the supermassive black hole SgrA* on bound Keplerian orbits from a kinematic perspective. The aim is to explore the Keplerian parameters for patterns that might imply a nonrandom distribution of the sample. Additionally, various analytical aspects are considered to address the nature of the dusty sources. Methods. Based on the photometric analysis, we estimated the individual H−K and K−L colors for the source sample and compared the results to known cluster members. The classification revealed a noticeable contrast between the S-stars and the dusty sources. To fit the flux-density distribution, we utilized the radiative transfer code HYPERION and implemented a young stellar object Class I model. We obtained the position angle from the Keplerian fit results; additionally, we analyzed the distribution of the inclinations and the longitudes of the ascending node. Results. The colors of the dusty sources suggest a stellar nature consistent with the spectral energy distribution in the near and midinfrared domains. Furthermore, the evaporation timescales of dusty and gaseous clumps in the vicinity of SgrA* are much shorter ( 2yr) than the epochs covered by the observations (≈15yr). In addition to the strong evidence for the stellar classification of the D-sources, we also find a clear disk-like pattern following the arrangements of S-stars proposed in the literature. Furthermore, we find a global intrinsic inclination for all dusty sources of 60 ± 20◦, implying a common formation process. Conclusions. The pattern of the dusty sources manifested in the distribution of the position angles, inclinations, and longitudes of the ascending node strongly suggests two different scenarios: the main-sequence stars and the dusty stellar S-cluster sources share a common formation history or migrated with a similar formation channel in the vicinity of SgrA*. Alternatively, the gravitational influence of SgrA* in combination with a massive perturber, such as a putative intermediate mass black hole in the IRS 13 cluster, forces the dusty objects and S-stars to follow a particular orbital arrangement. Key words. stars: black holes– stars: formation– Galaxy: center– galaxies: star formation
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Embracing Deep Variability For Reproducibility and Replicability
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https://hal.science/hal-04582287
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Mechanisms and Applications of Antiviral Neutralizing Antibodies - Creative B...Creative-Biolabs
Neutralizing antibodies, pivotal in immune defense, specifically bind and inhibit viral pathogens, thereby playing a crucial role in protecting against and mitigating infectious diseases. In this slide, we will introduce what antibodies and neutralizing antibodies are, the production and regulation of neutralizing antibodies, their mechanisms of action, classification and applications, as well as the challenges they face.
Evidence of Jet Activity from the Secondary Black Hole in the OJ 287 Binary S...Sérgio Sacani
Wereport the study of a huge optical intraday flare on 2021 November 12 at 2 a.m. UT in the blazar OJ287. In the binary black hole model, it is associated with an impact of the secondary black hole on the accretion disk of the primary. Our multifrequency observing campaign was set up to search for such a signature of the impact based on a prediction made 8 yr earlier. The first I-band results of the flare have already been reported by Kishore et al. (2024). Here we combine these data with our monitoring in the R-band. There is a big change in the R–I spectral index by 1.0 ±0.1 between the normal background and the flare, suggesting a new component of radiation. The polarization variation during the rise of the flare suggests the same. The limits on the source size place it most reasonably in the jet of the secondary BH. We then ask why we have not seen this phenomenon before. We show that OJ287 was never before observed with sufficient sensitivity on the night when the flare should have happened according to the binary model. We also study the probability that this flare is just an oversized example of intraday variability using the Krakow data set of intense monitoring between 2015 and 2023. We find that the occurrence of a flare of this size and rapidity is unlikely. In machine-readable Tables 1 and 2, we give the full orbit-linked historical light curve of OJ287 as well as the dense monitoring sample of Krakow.
JAMES WEBB STUDY THE MASSIVE BLACK HOLE SEEDSSérgio Sacani
The pathway(s) to seeding the massive black holes (MBHs) that exist at the heart of galaxies in the present and distant Universe remains an unsolved problem. Here we categorise, describe and quantitatively discuss the formation pathways of both light and heavy seeds. We emphasise that the most recent computational models suggest that rather than a bimodal-like mass spectrum between light and heavy seeds with light at one end and heavy at the other that instead a continuum exists. Light seeds being more ubiquitous and the heavier seeds becoming less and less abundant due the rarer environmental conditions required for their formation. We therefore examine the different mechanisms that give rise to different seed mass spectrums. We show how and why the mechanisms that produce the heaviest seeds are also among the rarest events in the Universe and are hence extremely unlikely to be the seeds for the vast majority of the MBH population. We quantify, within the limits of the current large uncertainties in the seeding processes, the expected number densities of the seed mass spectrum. We argue that light seeds must be at least 103 to 105 times more numerous than heavy seeds to explain the MBH population as a whole. Based on our current understanding of the seed population this makes heavy seeds (Mseed > 103 M⊙) a significantly more likely pathway given that heavy seeds have an abundance pattern than is close to and likely in excess of 10−4 compared to light seeds. Finally, we examine the current state-of-the-art in numerical calculations and recent observations and plot a path forward for near-future advances in both domains.
Gender and social equity Initial ideas for integrated core project
1. Gender and social equity
Initial ideas for Integrated Core
Project
Nicoline de Haan, ILRI
Livestock CRP Priority Countries Planning Meeting
26 – 27 March 2019
Nairobi, Kenya
2. Our approach for the countries
• Country assessment reports
• SIF work in countries
• Project specific on-going
• Gennovate in countries/ CGIAR gender researchers
• Do we know enough to contribute our part to an integrated
intervention? YES
3. What our contribution to an integrated
intervention could look like for each country
Vision: Women’s economic empowerment
• Ethiopia:
– Present: community conversations, CBBP
– Future: ??
• Tanzania:
– Present: service delivery of day old chicks
• Uganda:
– Present: RVF, pig breeding, gendered feeds and forages
• Vietnam:
– Present: Food safety
4. How do these activities fit into gender
• Cluster under the CRP but also cross cutting
• Key challenges opportunities and challenges
– Country focal points – Eth: Annet/Wole, Tz:
Alessandra, Ug: Alessandra/Nicoline VN:
Vanja/Nicoline
– Making the right linkages
– Having the expertise on ground to do it
5. CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
livestock.cgiar.org
The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock aims to increase the productivity and profitability of livestock agri-food
systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and eggs more available and affordable across the developing world.
This presentation is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
The program thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR system
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