Livestock are inflation-proof, self-perpetuating assets that women can own and benefit from. They also provide income and nutritious food for families.
The livestock providing families in lower income countries with income and nutritious food are rare examples of inflation-proof, self-perpetuating assets that women can own and benefit from.
The diet choices of pregnant women, and the food mothers provide or don’t provide to their infants in their first 1,000 days of life, generate lifelong health, growth and cognitive benefits or costs.
With two-thirds of an estimated 600 million poor livestock keepers being rural women, greater access to livestock and their products and services can help women lift themselves and their families out of poverty.