achieving proof of scale for food security and poverty reduction: gender in the livestock and fish...
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Presented by Kathleen Colverson at the CGIAR Livestock and Fish Research Program Gender Component Planning Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 29-30 November 2012TRANSCRIPT
Mobilizing AR4D partnershipsto improve access to critical animal-source foods
Tom Randolph
GCARD 2 Pre-Conference MeetingPunta de Este, Uruguay, 27 October 2012
Achieving proof of scale for food security and poverty reduction
Gender in the livestock and fish research program
Kathleen Colverson
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and FishGender Strategy Meeting
Nairobi, November 29-30, 2012
Background to the Livestock and Fish Program
Nearly a billion people rely on livestock and aquaculture in small-scale production and marketing systems for their livelihoods
Small farms responsible for >50% of livestock production across much of Africa and Asia
Women perform 30-80% of agricultural work on smallholder farms
More evidence for the Program
Estimates for smallholders in Africa and Latin America (Wiggins 2012; Dorward 2009) :
Can 2/3 be enabled to develop into commercial producers, accumulate capital and transition out of agriculture? deeper rural economic growth avoid social disruption
(Johnston et al. 1995)
1/3 Will ‘step up’ to become commercial farmers
1/3 Will ‘step out’ and work for other, go to the city
1/3 Could go either way
Goal
More milk, meat and fish by and for the poor
To sustainably increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems to increase the availability and affordability of animal-source foods for poor consumers and, in doing so, reduce poverty through greater participation by the poor along the whole value chains for animal-source foods.
Strategic L&F CRP Cross-cutting Platforms• Technology Generation• Market Innovation• Targeting & Impact
Inputs & Services
Production
Processing Marketing Consumers
R4D integrated to transform selected value chains In targeted commodities and countries.
Value chain development team + research partners
GLOBAL RESEARCH PUBLIC GOODS
INTERVENTIONS TO SCALE OUT REGIONALLY
#1: Addressing the whole value chain
Major intervention with development partners
Approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact
#2+3: Working directly to impact at scale with development partners
#4 Focus, focus, focus! Working in only 9 target value chains
PIGS
AQUACULTURE
SHEEP & GOATS
DAIRY
How important is gender in value chains?
VERY!!!!Applause!
Brief history of Livestock and Fish Gender Strategy
All CG centers began developing CRP’s in 2010 ILRI and partners developed the program
together – approved January 2012 Gender strategy for the program developed in
2011, last draft completed June 2012 New Team Leader for PGI at ILRI hired
September 1, 2012 – resumed work on strategy and logframe
Value chain toolkits/checklists developed and reviewed for gender integration – November, 2012
Suggested approaches Gender in the program?
Gender Analysis: Gendered value chain analysis of livestock
and fish value chains Gender analysis of livestock and aquaculture
systems, identifying the roles, constraints and opportunities for men, women and poor
Gender Mainstreaming: Development of methods /approaches and
identification of strategies to address gender in value chain development, technology development, delivery and adaptation and marketing
Suggested Approaches to Gender in the program
Capacity Building:
Develop the skills/capacity of program staff and partners to identify and address gender issues in the development of livestock and fish value chains
Tasks to complete during Workshop
Discuss and agree on revised text for gender strategy
Discuss and agree on logframe with clear outcomes, outputs, milestones, timeline and draft budget/staffing
Understand how gender is integrated in value chain work
Have fun and get to know each other!