CGIAR Research Program 2 (CRP2)

IFPRI

BIOVERSITY, CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, ICARDA, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IITA, ILRI, WORLDFISH

Policies, Institutions, and Markets to Strengthen Food Security and Incomes for the Rural Poor

2.10 – 2.25 pm

Overall Gender Strategy• Rationale: Cannot achieve strategic objectives

without addressing gender• Integrating Gender in Each Subtheme Research,

Outputs and Outcomes• Strategic Gender Research Theme

1. Generating evidence and improving the information base on gender in agriculture

2. Evaluating the linkages between agricultural/rural transformations and gender relations

3. Applying gender analysis to policy reform and implementation

THEME 3Linking small producers to

markets

THEME 2Inclusive governance

and institutions

THEME 1Effective policies and strategic investments

PIM Research Portfolio

Subtheme 1.1 Foresight and strategic scenarios

Subtheme 1.2 Macroeconomic, trade, & investment policies

Subtheme 1.3Production and technology policies

Subtheme 1.4Social protection policies

Subtheme 2.1Policy processes

Subtheme 2.2 Governance of rural services

Subtheme 2.3 Collective action and property rights

Subtheme 2.4Institutions strengthen assets of the poor

Subtheme 3.1Innovations across the value chain

Subtheme 3.2Impact of upgrading value chains

Gender-related Outputs: Policies• OP 1.1.2: Qualitative and quantitative analyses providing decision-support

for policymakers and practitioners in setting priorities for policies and investments, including analysis of gender-disaggregated data

• OP 1.2.4: Identification of distributional effects on men and women of alternative trade policies at global, regional and country levels

• OP 1.2.7: Country-level databases and tools for analyzing alternative growth scenarios and their implications for income distribution, gender equality and poverty reduction

• OP 1.2.12: Time series sectoral datasets of labor productivity, labor costs and labor employment by gender for selected developing countries

• OP 1.3.13: Analyses of strategies and policies to enhance gender equality• OP 1.4.3: Identification and analysis of social protection policies that are

gender-sensitive

Gender-related Outputs: Institutions• OP 2.1.4: Identification of features that promote effective implementation of pro-poor

and gender-equitable policy decisions• OP 2.2.4: In-depth analyses on how public services can be more gender-equitable, using

innovative gender-disaggregated data collection methods • OP 2.3.1: Case studies and identification of effective ways of strengthening inclusive

collective action to empower women and the poor in managing natural resources• OP 2.3.3: Case studies of land tenure reforms and identification of effective ways of

strengthening property rights to commons and customary rights of women & the poor• OP 2.4.1: Case studies documenting how men and women accumulate assets and use

them to move out of poverty• OP 2.4.4: Improved methods and data for gender-disaggregated analysis of assets• OP 2.4.5: Guidelines for designing and implementing agricultural development

interventions that protect and increase women's assets• OP 2.4.6: Capacity strengthening materials for researchers and evaluators on how to

incorporate gender and assets

Gender-related Outputs: Markets

• OP 3.1.2: Good practices for gender-sensitive value chain upgrading available to all CRPs; specific institutional innovations developed by CRP2 being tested in at least 2 commodity CRPs

• OP 3.2.1: Methodological guidelines on how to implement impact evaluations for value chains, including assessment of gendered impacts

Uncover broader lessons•Assessing experiences with gender analysis under individual projects

Collect gender-disaggregated data• Strengthen information systems, with better methods, data, & analysis

Collaboration• GCARD RoadMap•Combining global CGIAR and local NARs expertise

Strategic Research on Gender

Priority on areas with high gender disparities• Africa, South Asia

Develop context-specific strategies for women’s engagement and outreach

ST G.1: Information Base on Gender in Agriculture

Outputs Outcomes1. Guidelines for improving sex-disaggregated data collection available for widespread use

Sex-disaggregated data collected and used by national statistical systems to guide policiesAppropriate tools for gender analysis incorporated into research by CRPs, NARS, and NGOs

2. Toolkits on gender analysis for different contexts and purposes, pilot tested with other themes and CRPs3. Analysis of sex-disaggregated data (including existing datasets)4. Case studies addressing gender issues in depth using mixed qualitative and quantitative methods 5. Analysis of institutional demand for gender-related data, and development of training and communications strategy for national statistical systems, NARS, and NGOs to use sex-disaggregated data more effectively

ST G.2: Linkages betw. Agricultural/ Rural Transformations and Gender Relations

Outputs Outcomes1: Studies on the gender factors that create and sustain change in agricultural societies

Results and lessons from studies used by agricultural projects to address gender issues

2: Gendered impact assessments of agricultural R&D programs

ST G.3: From Gender Analysis to Policy Implementation

Outputs Outcomes1: Interviews and case studies identifying major impediments to attention to gender in agricultural policies and institutions

Gender-related results of CPR2 research used by key stakeholders and advocacy groups in shaping agriculture-related policies and programs2: Training materials for stakeholders

to use improved gender-disaggregated information systems in gender analysis of policies and programs3: Communication strategies to convey gender-related findings to stakeholders

Examples• Gender, Agriculture and Assets Program– Conceptual framework helping other projects, CRPs– Evidence that addressing the gender asset gap is

important for development outcomes• Toolkit of qualitative and quantitative methods– Going beyond “household”: interview men AND women

• Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index• Collaboration with CCAFS on gender sites• Collaboration with FAO, WB on nationally

representative data sets

Influence policy development and implementation arena

• Farmers • Traders• Service providers

Public Awareness• Media• General public

• Reduced rural poverty• Improved food

security• Improved

nutrition and health•More sustainable

management of natural resources

Provide policy recommendations

Policy analysts Policymakers, ministries

Policy changes

Monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment

Development community, stakeholders, advocates

Extension services, NGOs

Implementation of development actions

System-Level Outcomes

Research outputs

Research capacity

Improved Knowledge• THEME 1• THEME 2• THEME 3

Inform and enrich research, bolster research capacity1

2

3

Impact Pathways

Strong Capacity• Cheryl Doss leads strategic gender research• Supportive management team (majority women)

• Working group in PIM• IFPRI Gender Task Force• New Research Coordinator for capacity

strengthening• Collaboration with other CRPs, providing

ideas, tools, evidence