Alonso, Silvia

Galiè, Alessandra

Heckert, J.

Myers, E.

Njiru, Nelly M.

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Heckert, Jessica

Myers, Emily

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RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2015www.PosterPresentations.comInformal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and nutrition, particularly among women and men from poor households: • Milk provides essential nutrients to those who consume it directly. • Milk trading is a livelihood strategy and source of income for both women and men: they can purchase food and finance other household needs This study is part of the More Milk project. “MoreMilk: Making the most of milk” is a five-year project that aims to enhance milk safety and child nutrition in peri-urban Nairobi. MoreMilk focuses on training milk traders to improve their milk handling (for better consumer safety and nutrition) and business practices (for improved trader livelihoods). Anecdotal evidence has suggested that women and men who engage in informal milk trading face different constraints. This study analyzed the gendered constraints and opportunities faced by milk traders in peri-urban Nairobi for MoreMilk to better address the needs of women and men milk traders thereby enhancing milk safety and improving their livelihoods. BACKGROUNDRESEARCH QUESTIONS FINDINGS• Informal milk trading has a strong potential to support the economic empowerment of women milk traders – if the constraints that women face are addressed • Milk trading is less lucrative for women than for me who are also more financially resilient. Women are easily pushed out of the business.   • The training-certification-marketing intervention is one way of addressing some of the constraints that women milk traders face.CONTACTAlessandra Galiè, Senior Gender Scientist, ILRI: a.galie@cgiar.orgMain research question: ‘What are the gendered opportunities and constraints in informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi?’Sub-questions: 1.‘What are the opportunities offered by dairy trading vis-à-vis other businesses?’2. ‘What obstacles do you face as a milk trader?3. ‘What obstacles did you face when wanting to improve your business? 1International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)2International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Alessandra Galiè 1, Nelly Njiru1, Jessica Heckert2, Emily Myers2, Silvia Alonso1Gendered barriers and opportunities among milk traders in the informal sector in peri-urban NairobiMETHODOLOGYWe conducted a qualitative study in 2017 comprising of: 6 single-sex focus group discussions49 semi-structured individual interviews 4 key-informant interviews with men and women milk traders (both current and former) in Dagoretti, a peri-urban area of Nairobi, KenyaCONCLUSIONSOpportunities: Informal milk trading is a viable business: it requires little financial investment – important for women and young in particular.Constraints: Gender norms discourage women from travelling to rural areas and from using public transport. As a consequence, women are disadvantaged in 3 key areas for milk business: purchasing prices, quantities of milk sold; and milk quality received from providers.

Gendered barriers and opportunities among milk traders in the informal sector in peri-urban Nairobi

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Gendered barriers and opportunities among milk traders in the informal sector in peri-urban Nairobi

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