Research ethics, consent and research steps

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Éthique de la recherche, consentement et étapes de la rechercheBill and Melinda Gates FoundationGlobal Affairs Canada (GAC

Éthique de la recherche, consentement et étapes de la recherche

English version available in IDRC Digital Library: Research ethics, consent and research stepsBill and Melinda Gates FoundationGlobal Affairs Canada (GAC

Women’s empowerment in livestock business index (WELBI) : pilot project results

The development of the WELBI index is explained in this brief presentation. Indicators and how they are used in the Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Business Index (WELBI) are provided. Some indicator categories are: Contributions to Empowerment (such as Autonomy in income, Self-efficacy, Attitudes towards domestic violence, and many others); Adequacy by Indicators (and how they are used); Menstrual Hygiene Management; Additional Indicators (such as Urination facility, Defecation facility, Handwashing facility, and others, such as Access to Information)

Women’s empowerment in livestock business (WELBI)

Empowering women alongside men as decision-makers in all phases of livestock value chains as well as within households, is central to reducing poverty. The Women Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI) combines both qualitative and quantitative approaches to measure the empowerment of women involved in livestock raising, integrating business (economic) and household spheres of livelihood into one tool. This paper describes the main results on women’s and men’s empowerment using the WELBI methodology, as well as how the index calculation was formulated. Women in the three study countries were found to have lower ‘adequacy rates’ in ownership of land and assets relative to male respondents

Effects Of Khat Production On Rural Household’s Income In Gachoka Division Mbeere South District Kenya

This paper explores the factors that influence diversification into Khat production and its contribution to rural household’s income in Kenya.  Using probability and non-probability sampling procedures, a sample of 125 households composed of both Khat producers and non producers was selected. Logit regression was used to estimate the factors that influence participation in Khat production while propensity Score Matching (PSM) was used to assess its contribution to rural household’s income. The factors that enhances participation are access to extension services, number of school going children, agricultural land size, household’s income and main occupation of the household head whereas the factors that hinder participation are age of the household head, distance from the main market and access to credit. Subsequently, Khat production positively contributes to the household’s income. Hence, as an alternative measure to boost the rural household’s income, Khat enterprise should be promoted. Keywords: Diversification, Khat, Propensity Score Matching, Smallholder farmers

Analysis of sahelian herders market behaviours to facilitate moving towards structural and sustainable transformation of pastoral economies

Many research and development institutions advocate the integration of economic sectors to markets to benefit from them and reduce poverty. This is not so simple for Sahelian pastoralists living in uncertainty and absence of contingent markets. Sahelian pastoralists use livestock markets but these markets don't systematically influence their production and marketing decisions. Based on the case of Senegalese Sahel, we use a spatial panel model to estimate the magnitude impacts of spatial and time factors on pastoral income generation. Then, we extent discussions to show that Sahelian livestock keepers alternate homo oeconomicus and bounded behaviours vis-à-vis the markets that they know well even if markets don't know much about them-and that is one reason it can be hard for a real structural transition. The problems of pastoral marketing systems are still examined from the perspectives of infrastructure buildings while it is also necessary to reduce transaction costs and information asymmetry to boost livestock marketing. (Résumé d'auteur