achieving proof of scale for food security and poverty reduction: gender in the livestock and fish...

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!