The Enhance projects will add value to the existing Livestock Systems innovation Lab (LSIL) projects in 6 countries. RTI is currently working on a LSIL project in Rwanda with ILRI as the prime (project 0215801). In the main project, RTI leads a study that is evaluating the nutrition impacts of behavior change communication component promoting the consumption of milk and other animal source foods in households that have received a cow through the government of Rwanda's livestock asset program for poor families.

For the Enhance project add-on, we have chosen the "gender" theme. Gender is important in the nutrition of young children in low-resource settings because of its influence on decision-making about the use of household resources, including food and money for food. The team plans to use some of the gender tools developed by the INGENEAS project to hold participatory community meetings to better understand gender norms related to household milk production and consumption.