Farm animals can help millions of women raise the well-being of their households

ILRI scientist Jemimah Njuki argues for using animal agriculture to help redress skewed resources available to rural women worldwide. In societies where women are unable to own anything else, farm animals provide women with incomes. And when those women's incomes rise, the health, nutrition and educ...

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Main Author: International Livestock Research Institute
Format: Video
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Research Institute 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1650
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Summary:ILRI scientist Jemimah Njuki argues for using animal agriculture to help redress skewed resources available to rural women worldwide. In societies where women are unable to own anything else, farm animals provide women with incomes. And when those women's incomes rise, the health, nutrition and education of their whole families also rise, with everybody winning.