harvest plus ofsp project gender workshop
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HarvestPlus Reaching End
Users Project
By Sylvia Magezi
November 6th , 2010
OBJECTIVES
To promote the production, consumption and
marketing of OFSP with the aim of reducing VAD
Develop and implement a cost-effective strategies for farmer adoption and consumer acceptance of orange flesh sweet potato (OFSP)
Measure impacts and draw lessons learned for future efforts
FOCUS OF THE PRESENTATION
Activities undertaken
Level of women participation
Impacts of intervention
GETTING STARTED
Selection of operational areas
Selection of partners
Selection of farmer groups
BUKEDEA
L. Victoria
L. A
lber
t
L. Kyoga
L. Edward
L. George
SO
RO
TI
KUMI
KAMULILUWEERO
MU
KO
NO
KAYUNGAÊÚ
ÊÚ
ÊÚKampala
Jinja
Mbale
Implementation Areas
Non-OFSP Areas
ÊÚ Major Towns
LEGEND
ÊÚÊÚ
ÊÚ
N
50 0 50 Kilometers
SELECTION OF FARMER GROUPS /
BENEFICIARIES
One of the project objectives was to address the
vitamin A status of women and children
Site selection targeted groups that had mothers
with children under 5 years of age.
Farmer groups selected had quite a high proportion
of women –above 50%
Crop (sweet potatoes ) usually grown by women for
household consumption
IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE
Senior Project
Staff
Project Staff
based in
partner
institution
Community
Volunteers
Villages
Team
Specialists
Extension
Staff
Agric
Promoters
Nutrition
Promoters
Farmer Groups
PROMOTERS/VOLUNTEERS
Because of the crop, women took part in activities
Directly benefitted from training (knowledge and skills)
Were engaged in making products for sale and selling vines
Were at the fore front of planning and evaluating the activities
Promoter Ratio
Male : Female
Agric 2 1
Nutrition 1 3
Total 3 4
Female involvement Promoter ratio
WOMEN IN PRODUCTION
High percentage of
farmers were women
(twice as much)
Crop considered one
for Hh consumption
and not income
When men realized
women were earning
they got interested
COOKING DEMOS WITH NUTRITION
PROMOTERS
•Targeted mothers and
caregivers
•Conducted nutrition
education focusing on
maternal and child
nutrition.
DRAMA AND SONGS BY WOMEN
• Mainly done by
women
• Men involved in
leading and playing
music instruments
-
MARKETING THE OFSP ROOTS
Bicycle traders
Village retailers
Market traders
SWEET POTATO TRADERS BY GENDER
Type of trader Male Female
Bicycle traders 20 0
Farmer traders 2 14
Retailers 22 79
Wholesalers 4 16
Total 48 110
Apart from the
bicycle traders all
other traders are
predominantly
women
True for both
markets in towns
and in the village
RESULTS
Built their capacity and confidence
Took on leadership roles in the community
Sold vines –some built and roofed their houses with
iron sheets
Took on making OFSP products and today earn
some income
Sell OFSP roots at homes and in near by markets
CONCLUSIONS
The project contributed to:
decreasing gender inequalities – (both men and women had access to training)
Decreasing asset disparities because both male and female sold their vines, and OFSP roots and bought assets and
Improved livelihoods. However
Social relations in households were affected both negatively and positively
CONTINUED ACTIVITIES
Expanding to new areas - 2 districts
Adding iron rich beans to the
OFSP
Targeting 10,000 beneficiaries this year in the new
areas
Continuing support to the old areas to enable them
continue marketing
THANK YOU
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