Value chain opportunities for women and young people in livestock production in Ethiopia: Lessons learned

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCarleton Collegeen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen_US
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Affairs Canadaen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierBerhanu Gebremedhin: 0000-0002-3168-2783en_US
cg.creator.identifierDirk Hoekstra: 0000-0002-6111-6627en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.isbn92-9146-486-5en_US
cg.number24en_US
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriVALUE CHAINSen_US
cg.subject.ilriWOMENen_US
dc.contributor.authorGebremedhin, Berhanuen_US
dc.contributor.authorTesema, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTegegne, Azageen_US
dc.contributor.authorHoekstra, Dirken_US
dc.contributor.authorNicola, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-10T08:10:53Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-01-10T08:10:53Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/78636en_US
dc.titleValue chain opportunities for women and young people in livestock production in Ethiopia: Lessons learneden_US
dcterms.abstractBoth young people and women contribute significantly to agricultural production in the African continent, although these contributions are not usually explicitly recognized in official statistics and documents. In Ethiopia, women traditionally have been subject to sociocultural and economic discrimination that resulted in fewer economic, educational and social opportunities than men. The traditional development approaches that view the household as a unitary decision-making entity and the assumption that interventions targeted at the household head would trickle down to household members is the foundation of the exclusion of women and young people. In particular, women in married households are usually excluded from development interventions. Many governments in Africa have now started to take policy measures to recognize and enhance the contributions of young people and women in economic growth on the continent. Similarly, there seems to be strong political commitment in Ethiopia to ensure inclusive economic growth that will result in better gender equality and benefit young people. This working paper summarizes the lessons from the experiences of the Improving productivity and market success for Ethiopian smallholders and Livestock and irrigation value chains for Ethiopian smallholders projects in inclusive value chain development aimed at benefiting women and young people. It mainly focuses on the trajectories of the two projects in reaching out to women and young people in order to increase their access to resources, innovation, technologies and knowledge which could consequently improve their inclusion in and benefits from value chain development and governance. Experiences from innovative extension methods for inclusion are discussed. The paper makes recommendations for policy and development practice to improve benefits to women and young people from development interventions.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGebremedhin, B., Tesema, E., Tegegne, A., Hoekstra, D. and Nicola, S. 2016. Value chain opportunities for women and young people in livestock production in Ethiopia: Lessons learned. LIVES Working Paper 24. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfLIVES Working Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2016-07-30en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjectvalue systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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