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Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050: Women and biosecurity practices in urban and peri-urban poultry value chains

Evidence from Kenya and Uganda

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 18 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

ISBN 978-92-5-135546-6

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) five promotes women’s empowerment and equality of opportunities between men and women. FAO is dedicated to achieve this goal: it recognizes the essential role women play in agriculture and that eliminating inequalities between genders is important to building sustainable and inclusive food systems (FAO, 2020). To this end, it is important to understand women’s role in agriculture through available evidence. The FAO Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050 (ASL 2050) collected data on the practices of actors of the poultry value chain in selected subregions in urban and peri-urban areas of Kenya and Uganda through key informant interviews. This brief presents results of this survey disaggregated by gender providing an insight on women’s role and behaviour in urban and peri-urban poultry farms that are likely to become more and more relevant in the future given the current demand and production trends. To our knowledge, it is the first time gender disaggregated data are presented on adoption of biosecurity related practices across the poultry value chain.

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FAO. 2021. Africa and Sustainable Livestock, 2050: Women in urban and peri-urban poultry value chains – A snapshot of evidence from four subregions in Kenya and Uganda. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb8077en

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