Climatic variability has been acquiring an extensive consideration due to its widespread
ability to impact food production and livelihoods. Climate change has the potential to …

Climate change will have far-reaching impacts on crop, livestock and fisheries production,
and will change the prevalence of crop pests. Many of these impacts are already …

Background Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic disease in most of the developing world that
causes devastating losses to the livestock industry and small-scale livestock holders …

Like the rest of the world, African countries are reeling from the health, economic and social
effects of COVID-19. The continent's governments have responded by imposing rigorous …

Ownership of assets is important for poverty reduction, and women's control of assets is
associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This …

The empowerment of women in the livestock sector is fundamental to achieve gender
equality. It also is instrumental for increased household productivity and improved …

Highlights•Smallholder value chain participation requires critical unpacking of
inclusiveness.•Inclusiveness comprises economic, social, relational, and environmental …

There is overwhelming historical evidence from the developed world and from the newly
emerging economies of the developing world that indicates that agricultural growth has …

Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains,
but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing …

Women's participation and empowerment in value chains are goals of many development
organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals …