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Publication Themes

Nutrition

• McNamara, K. and McKune, S. 2018. Nutrition-sensitive livestock interventions. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.

Gender

• Colverson, K. 2018. Training manual for researchers: Integrating gender and nutrition into the project cycle of livestock research. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
  • Colverson, K. 2018. Presentation: Integrating gender and nutrition in livestock research Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Colverson, Kathleen E. 2018. Increasing the Health and Nutritional Outcomes of the Government of Rwanda’s “One Cow per Poor Family” Program from a Gender Perspective. Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8 (2): 31-44.
  • Colverson, Kathleen E. 2018. Increasing the Health and Nutritional Outcomes of Rwanda’s “One Cow per Poor Family” from a Gender Perspective. [PDF of PowerPoint]. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Harris-Coble, L., LeBeau, K. and Colverson, K. 2018. Gender in the dairy value chain and implications for the GIRINKA program (“One Cow per Poor Family”) in Rwanda. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Serra, R., Harris-Coble, L., Dickerson, A. J., Povedano, S. A., and Pinzon, S. 2018. Gender and livestock value chains: Annotated bibliography Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.

Countries

Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso: Animal-Source Foods Production and Marketing Brief
• Burkina Faso: Enabling Policies for Livestock Brief
• Burkina Faso: Human and Institutional Capacity Development Brief

Cambodia

• Cambodia: Priorities and Research Projects
• Cambodia: Animal-Source Foods Production and Marketing Brief
• Cambodia: Livestock Disease Management and Food Safety Brief
• Cambodia: Human and Institutional Capacity Development Brief

Ethiopia

• Abegaz, G.A, Hassen, I.W., and Minten, B. 2018. Consumption of Animal-source Foods in Ethiopia: Patterns, Changes, and Determinants. The Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP), Working Paper 113.
• Andarge Zelalem, A., Sisay, M., Vipham, J. L., Abegaz, K., Kebede, A. and Terefe, Y. January 2019. The prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacterial isolates from meat and meat products in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Food Contamination 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40550-019-0071-z
• Bachewe, F., Hirvonen, K., Minten, B., & Yimer, F. June 2017. The rising costs of nutritious foods in Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP), Research Note 67.
• Bachewe, F. N.; Minten, B.; Tadesse, F.; and Taffesse, A. S. 2018. The evolving livestock sector in Ethiopia: Growth by heads, not by productivity. ESSP Working Paper 122. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI).
• McNamara, K. and McKune, S. 2018. Looking beyond productivity: barriers to animal source food consumption in Ethiopia. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Minten, B.; Dereje, M.; Bachewe, F. N.; and Tamru, S. 2018. Evolving food systems in Ethiopia: Past, present and future. ESSP Working Paper 117. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). [external link]
• Scheffler, J. M. 2018. Report on Train-The-Trainer Course on Meat Hygiene. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Ethiopia: Priorities and Research Projects
• Ethiopia: Animal-Source Foods Production and Marketing Brief
• Ethiopia: Livestock Disease Management and Food Safety Brief

• Ethiopia: Enabling Policies for Livestock Brief

Nepal

• Capacity development gap analysis: Nepal
• De Vries, A. and Kaylegian, K. 2018. Rapid assessment of the gaps in dairy cattle feeding, management and milk processing that constrain milk quality and quantity in Nepal. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Kaylegian K.E. 2018. Report on train-the-trainer dairy food basics: Fundamentals of quality & safety. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• McNamara, K. and S. McKune. 2018. Understanding Empowerment in Order to Improve Nutritional Outcomes: Initial Findings from Nepal Case Studies. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Nepal: Priorities and Research Projects
• Nepal: Animal-Source Foods Production and Marketing Brief
• Nepal: Livestock Disease Management and Food Safety Brief
• Nepal: Enabling Policies for Livestock Brief

Niger

• Niger: Enabling Policies for Livestock Brief

Rwanda

• Colverson, Kathleen E. 2018. Increasing the Health and Nutritional Outcomes of the Government of Rwanda’s “One Cow per Poor Family” Program from a Gender Perspective. Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8 (2): 31-44.
• Dahl, G. and Hendrickx, S. 2018. Rapid assessment of the gaps in dairy cattle feeding and management that constrain milk quality and quantity in Rwanda. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Harris-Coble, L., LeBeau, K. and Colverson, K. 2018. Gender in the dairy value chain and implications for the GIRINKA program (“One Cow per Poor Family”) in Rwanda. Gainesville, FL, USA: Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.
• Rwanda: Priorities and Research Projects
• Rwanda: Animal-Source Foods Production and Marketing Brief
• Rwanda: Livestock Disease Management and Food Safety Brief
• Rwanda: Enabling Policies for Livestock Brief

Infographics

• Infographic: Nurturing Development with Animal Source Foods
• Infographic: The Importance of Consuming Safe Animal-Source Foods
• Infographic: Increasing Foods through Quality Feeds

Newsletters

Lively Newsletter, Issue #7, March 2019

Lively Newsletter, Issue #6, November 2018

Lively Newsletter, Issue #5, October 2018

Lively Newsletter, Issue #4, July 2018

Lively Newsletter, Issue #3, April 2018

Lively Newsletter, Isssue #2, January 2018

Lively Newsletter, Issue #1, August 2017

Stories

• Feeding livestock to increase the supply of nutritious animal-source foods, ILRI Clippings, July 5, 2018
• Shortages in quality animal feed hinder availability of nutritious animal-source foods, ILRI Clippings, July 3, 2018
• UF/IFAS efforts to feed youth highlight Global Children’s Nutrition Month, University of Florida, March 13, 2018
• Success Story: Farmers in Nepal Learn To Fight Hidden Disease
• Success Story: Innovation Platform Method
• UF gets $8.7 million grant to improve nutritional quality and food safety in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, University of Florida, January 2, 2018