Survey Gender in Value ChainsAgri-Hub: Working Group Gender in Value Chains

May 9, Addis Ababa

Wikke Tuinhout

Survey

Objective of the survey:

To determine what do members of the Agri-Hub need on gender in value chains, with the objective to determine what the Working Group can/should do for the network regarding Gender in Value Chains

Survey:

Brief survey to determine the need for information or support on gender in value chains.

Response:

46 Persons from at least 35 organizations (not all respondents answered this question)

Result 1: organization

• Organisations respondents are representing:

Farmers organisation

Company

NGO/ Development Agency

University / Knowledge Institute

Consultancy / service prov.

Bank / MFI

Government

Result 2 – Working on Gender / Value Chain

• The organisations:

Works on Value Chains

Works on Gender

Integrate both areas

Result 3: Policy, Manuals and Tools

• Organisations that have a:

Strategy doc on gender

Strategy doc on

gender in VC

Manual on

gender

Manual on gender in

VC

Tools on gender in

VC

Result 3a: Policy, Manual and Tools

Used Tools include:

- Harvard framework

- Gender analysis tooling (different per organization)

- Tools by FAO

- Oxfam

- USAID

Other comments for this question include:

- Not sure which tools to apply

- We are working currently on a strategy document

- I am not fully aware of what is available

- In my understanding [our tool] is not enough

Result 4: Learn more about

• Respondents want to learn more about:

Theory Selection of Value Chain

Gender analysis

in VC

Costs and benefits

Gender sensitive planning

Gender sensitive

monitoring

Result 4a: Learn more about:

- How to develop a gender manual

- Challenges and opportunities focused on VC in respective of gender

- Gender role in food and nutritional security

- Theory of gender in value chains

- Profile of gender in value chain

- Manual document on geder

- Gender budgetting and auditing

Result 5: Practical experience

• Respondents want to improve their skills on:

How to convince

colleagues

How to use gender

manuals

How to mainstream in projects

How to apply indicators for

gender

Result 5a: Improve skills on

- How to learn about practical tools and techniques (theory is familiar)

- How to make gender issues the concern of all experts

- How to develop gender indicator

- How to give trainings with relation to gender

- How to identify strategic areas

- How to make gender beyond political consumption and bring real change

Result 6: Focus Working Group Agri-Hub

• The Working Group should::

Focus on knowledge and theory

Focus on skills and practice

Share online

documen-tation

Organize coaching

Organize quarterly meetings

Be a thinktank on gender

Give advice to network

Ave

rage

rat

ing

Result 6a: The Agri-hub should focus on

• Stakeholder coordination

• Conduct study(assignment) on overall gender condition

• Practical chaining

• Experience sharing

• Improve Agri-Hub

• Practical effort lacks, other than serving for fund raising – a real intervention should me made to improve the disparity on account of gender

• Interested in theory, skill and practice

Result 7: Key statements on Agri-Hub

• Play a catlytic role

• Agri-Hub should provide training advice and consultancy services to women

• Popularize the best way to engage women and youth farmers in different VCs

• Share guiding documents online

• Organize practical sessions

• Conduct different research studies on gaps of gender considerations

• Focus on practical steps to address gender problems

• Stress on how to empower women in economy and skill development

• Training, awareness and communication

Result 7: Key statements on Agri-Hub (2)

• Enhance gender mainstreaming, each member should develop policies and actual experience from implementing

• Develop a manual

• Provide organizations with knowledge, skills and tools

• Search best practices and experiences (documents and meetings)

• Agri-Hub must reach grass root level organisations

• Should share online documents

• Knowledge and skill transfer

• Creating a strong network across organisations who are working on gender in agricultural value chains

Conclusions

• A diversity of people and experiences

• A diversity of wishes, covering everything from training, via exchange of experiences to documentation and to becoming a thinktank

• Overall proposal: let us to built up the skills, knowledge and experience of the Working Group in these steps:

1. Training to create a common ground and discuss tools.

2. Participating organizations present their case and challenges.

3. Coaches discuss approach on each organisation.

4. Coaching of organisations/programs.

5. Experience sharing event(s).

6. Workshop for participants to present their results.

7. Coach(es) to make a publication in local language(s).

Information on support track

Objective / results:

• Increase basic level of understanding & knowledge of available tools by training

• Improve actual cases (at different organisations) by coaching

• Improve the tools by using them on cases

• Share all the lessons learned by making an (Amharic) practical publication

Ongoing developments

• Agri-ProFocus is developing a wider support program for Gender in Value Chains

• Also including international experience sharing in the long run

Funding:

• Funding for international coach in this program is available

• Looking for coaches / trainers – SNV will contribute

• Other funding will be needed

Who will join?

• Are you (your organisation) interested in joining this track?

• Do you know organisations who might want to join?

• Can you contribute to the program?

• What

Discussion about:

3 Groups:

• Challenges to realize support track

• Guidelines for final publication (result of support track)

• Terms of Reference WG and other initiatives of WG