Presented by Zemzem Muhammed, EATA at the Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013

1. Gender mainstreaming at ATA: Current and future directions
Zemzem Muhammed
Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013

2. Agenda
1. Mandates of ATA
2. Gender equality in ATA
3. Deliverable 2013
₋ Joint needs assessment of AGP regions
₋ Key findings
₋ Specific deliverables
₋ Status
4. Gender in Value Chain
₋ Current practices
₋ Challenges
₋ Learning
5. Future Direction
6. Conclusion
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3. The creation of the ATA is the result of a process that lasted nearly two years
Late Prime Minster Meles meets
with Melinda Gates and requests
a review of Ethiopia’s agricultural
extension systems by the Gates
Foundation
Jan ‘09
Seven Diagnostic reports and
an integrated report on a
mechanism to implement the
recommendations submitted to
Prime Minister
Sep ‘09
Recommendations of
extension diagnostic endorsed
by PM.
PM requests support for
additional diagnostics in
seeds, soils, irrigation, agricultu
ral finance, and key value
chains
Aug ‘10
Council of Ministers pass federal
regulation establishing
Agricultural Transformation
Agency
Oct ‘10
Government decision to
create an independent
organization modeled after
Taiwan and Korean
“acceleration units” as
recommended by the Gates
Foundation reports
Dec ‘10
Aug ‘11
First Agricultural
Transformation Council
(Board) meeting chaired
by the Prime Minister
held, inaugurating ATA’s
program operations
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4. The process that led to the creation of the ATA identified some key issues that needed
to be addressed for Ethiopia to reach its agricultural development targets
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Current situation:
Agriculture accounts for
over 40% of national GDP the largest portion of the
economy
Smallholder farmers
account for over 90% of
agriculture production
Rapid growth in the
agriculture sector over the
past 10 years has
contributed to a reduction
of poverty, from nearly 40%
of population to less than
30%
However, gains are uneven
Ethiopia’s productivity
levels continue to be
among the lowest in Africa
Many smallholder farmers
continue to produce for
subsistence
Increasing concerns about
smallholder farmers ability
to mitigate the risks related
to climate change
Two high level bottlenecks
were identified as key
challenges in reaching the
vision
• Lack of capacity to identify
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tailor-made solutions for
the key systemic
bottlenecks in the
agriculture sector
• Lack of capacity to
effectively coordinate and
drive the implementation
of a holistic set of
interventions that will
transform the system and
bring impact at scale
ATA was created to
address these bottlenecks
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Ultimate Vision:
Agriculture productivity
levels for all key crops
above the average of
African countries and
rivaling Asian levels
Commercialization of
most smallholder
farmers in key crops and
geographies through
effective linkage to
domestic and
international demand
sinks
Increases in smallholder
farmer productivity and
incomes leads to
reduction of national
poverty level
approaching or less than
10% of the population
Agriculture-led
industrialization leads to
national middle income
status by 2025
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5. The ATA was created to address the bottlenecks identified in the Gates diagnostic
through a clear mandate which it aims to achieve using a three-part strategy, which is
executed by a strong organization, with clear targets and a robust performance
management system that tracks progress
We work towards our
Mandate…
…via a threepart Strategy...
…which is
underpinned by a
high-performing
Organization, clear
Target Setting, and
a robust
Performance
Management
system
The ATA is a time-bound government
organization whose mandate is to:
1) Support our partners in developing and implementing
solutions to systemic bottlenecks in order to transform the
agriculture sector, coupled with;
2) Support the implementation of a targeted set of integrated interventions that
will make immediate impact for a large number of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia
What does the ATA
actually do to achieve its
mandate?
The ATA works with
its partners on four
specific types of
activities:
• Problem Solving
• Implementation
Support
• Capacity Building
• Coordination
How does the ATA
Where does
work relative to
the ATA work?
others?
The ATA’s engagements
All of the ATA’s work takes
take place across a
place through constructive
targeted set of issues
partnerships with others:
and geographies:
• Transformation Council
• Value chains
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Systems
• Regional Bureaus of Ag.
• Crosscutting issues
• Development partners
• Special projects
• Private Sector
• Clusters
• NGOs
With prioritized levels
• Others
of support
ATA aims to put together a high-performing organization with a clear structure, expert staff, strong systems and
processes, as well as a well-defined set of shared values to drive the agricultural transformation process
ATA works with all partners to develop clear targets for interventions that will lead to agricultural transformation
ATA is developing a robust performance management system for its internal operations and is working with the
Ministry of Agriculture and other partners to strengthen the performance management system of the sector
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6. Strategy Pillar I – The ATA uses four different tools to achieve its
mandate
How:
 Rigorous data-driven
and objective analysis
to determine root
causes of issues;
examination of
international and
domestic best
practices; and granular
refinement of solutions
to ensure adaptation of
solutions to specific
agroecologies and
Ethiopia’s unique
context
When:
1. During the analytical
period in Stage 1 of a
program
2. During the
implementation of an
intervention
How:
When:
 Capacity building by partnership as
1. During the analytics and problem
ATA staff work closely with partners on solving phases in both Stage 1 & 2
deliverable execution
2. During the implementation of an
 Availing specific tools and expertise to intervention in both Stage 1 & 2
implementing partners
 Fellowship program and secondments
(in future)
Capacity Building
Problem Solving
Implementation
Support
Stakeholder Coordination
How:
 Workshops, working groups, and
frequent engagement with partners
during strategy development
 Implementation platforms and
steering committees
When:
1. During the analytics and problem
solving phases in both Stage 1 & 2
2. During the implementation of an
intervention in both Stage 1 & 2
How:
 Through predefined levels of
support based on
the prioritization
of a deliverable on
the national
transformation
agenda
When:
1. During initial
interventions
undertaken during
Stage 1 of a
program
2. During
implementation of
interventions
during Stage 2 of a
program
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7. Strategy Pillar II – Although the ATA is a national organization working
across the entire agriculture sector, in 2013 it will focus on certain target
value chains, geographies, and program areas
Value Chains
 Integrated activites in 2013
 Tef
 Wheat
 Maize
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High priority in 2013:
 160 Tef woredas
 47 Maize woredas
 41 Wheat woredas
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Targeted activities in 2013
 Sesame
 Barley
 Rotation crops
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Geographies
Secondary priority in 2013:
 12 Sesame woredas
 58 coffee woredas
Late 2013 and 2014
 Coffee
 Livestock
Systems
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Seed
Soil
Cooperatives
Input & Output Markets
Research & Extension
Markets
Household Irrigation
Crosscutting Issues
Special Projects
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Public Private Partnerships
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Under review
 Strategic Grain Reserve
 Agro-processing
 Home-grown school
feeding
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Gender Mainstreaming
Climate Change & Environment
Technology Access & Adoption
Information & Communication
Technology Integration
Monitoring, Learning &
Evaluation
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8. Gender in Agricultural Transformation Agency
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Gender equality in ATA is part of the special initiative program
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Gender is a cross-cutting issue which needs to be integrated in all organizational policies,
strategies, programs, systems and accountability structures
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The gender program in ATA employs two major approaches with particular emphasis on
mainstreaming of gender in the value chains to make sure that women farmers are
proactively engaged and benefited from programs, enhancing the sensitivity of various
systems to facilitate participation and benefit of women and consideration of gender
dimension employed to address gender issues
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The second approach is supporting the implementation of specific or standalone projects
which specifically address and empower rural women.
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9. Rational for addressing Gender in ATA
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ATA acknowledges the existence of social inequalities within rural Ethiopian communities
due to biological differences (e.g. sex ) and socio-economic status; this determines access to
opportunities, services and resources.
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As a transformation agency, ATA believes that achieving sustainable development is
impossible without addressing the inequalities which hinder people from accessing
opportunities and utilizing their potential to change their own situation.
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Gender based inequality cuts across all inequalities, deepens the disadvantages of
individuals and communities, and reinforces poverty.
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ATA works to provide Ethiopia’s smallholder farmers with access to new and improved
technologies and techniques, proven economic mechanisms, and strengthened
infrastructure and systems. The aim of all ATA efforts is to help increase farmer productivity
and improve livelihoods. Women represent half of smallholder farmers and therefore
constitutes the key target population of ATA’s engagements.
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10. Why do we need to focus on gender equality?
Justice and human rights
• Women represent half the world population yet their participation in different arenas is limited
and their current profile is very low in many respects as compared to their male counter parts
Cross-cutting nature of gender inequality
• Gender cuts across every inequality issue and affect groups who are disadvantaged; it also
deepens their level of disadvantage
Development concern
• Human centered development thinking acknowledges the potential of both men and women for
development and by the same logic development needs to enhance the wellbeing of both
• Efficiency and Effectiveness – due to limited education, training and exposure opportunity of
women and girls and also lack of technologies or facilities which can fit their needs, their level
of contribution in terms of quality and higher result is restrained
• Sustainability – ideas and better practices sustain when they get buy-in by all people but many
development programs lose sight of women and girls
• Chain Reaction – studies show that women’s education and economic empowerment results in
the improvement of the child upbringing, nutrition, family health which in turn will bring over
all development
Accountability
• The development of the concept of accountability which includes downward/forward
accountability. For all development investments to be accountable, they need to be accountable
to both men and women
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11. Women farmers’ needs are not understood and addressed in the agriculture sector.
In Ethiopia, women account for 60-80%
of food production, thus agricultural
output could potentially be increased
by 15-40% just by providing women
with assets equal to those of men.
Women farmers’ productivity remains
low relative to their potential. They lack
access to credit, extension, inputs, and
markets and their domestic roles limit
their available time.
Investing in rural women has the
potential to accelerate growth as they
represent a significant share of the
workforce, manage resources
carefully, and invest in children.
Source: USAID Feed the Future (FTF) FY 2010 Implementation Plan - Ethiopia
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12. Addressing the massive gender gaps in Ethiopia is a priority for agricultural transformation
because of the benefits to smallholder farmer productivity and profitability.
At the national level, reducing gender
inequalities increases annual GDP growth
In Ethiopia, the agriculture sector accounts for
approximately 50% of GDP with 6% average
annual growth.
Economist at the World Bank have estimated
that in Ethiopia, the annual GDP growth could
increase by around 1.9 percentage points*
by reducing basic gender inequalities in
education and the labor market.
Currently, Ethiopia ranks at the bottom of the
World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap
Index at 118 of 135 overall. Factors include
economic participation and opportunity,
educational attainment, health and survival, and
political empowerment.
At a farmer level, there are significant
productivity returns to increasing the human
and physical capital of women farmers
When women farmers
have the following:
The age, education, and
input levels of men
farmers
Yields
increases by:
22%
The same land area as
men farmers
10.5%
The fertilizer level used
by men farmers
1.6%
*The calculated annual GDP growth was derived from macroeconomic analysis conducted in 2008 by World Bank Senior Economists including Markus Goldstein.
Source: Development Economics LDB Database; World Bank Ethiopia CPS, 2012; World Bank Toolkit for Gender and Agriculture
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13. The Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) sets clear objectives and targets to ensure that
women, men and youth farmers participate and benefit in the agricultural sector.
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10%
In order to realize this pillar objective and strategy, the main
approaches are:
– strengthening women’s institutions,
– implementing specific packages, and
– ensuring participation and benefit of women.
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30%
The National Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) has
identified promoting gender and youth empowerment and
equity as one of the seven key strategies identified to achieve
sustainable rapid and broad-based growth path (GTP main
document page 22).
In addition, targeting 30% female headed households and 10%
youth under 30 in any extension service is clearly highlighted
and any actor involved in the extension service provision is
expected to consider this national direction.
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14. The primary approach to address gender issues in value chain programs is though gender
mainstreaming.
What is gender mainstreaming?
• The process of assessing the implications of any planned action on
women and men including legislation, policies or programs, in any
area and at all levels.
• It is a strategy for making the concerns and experiences of women
as well as of men an integral part of the design, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs in political,
economic and societal spheres, so that women and men benefit
equally, and inequality is not perpetuated.
• The ultimate goal of mainstreaming is to achieve gender equality
(ECOSOC, 1997).
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15. The overall objective of gender mainstreaming at the organizational level is to ensure that
programs, organizational practices, leadership and partnerships promote gender equality.
Programs:
Ensure women and
youth are purposely
targeted in the
programs supported
by ATA
Organizational
practices:
Create an organization
that proactively
promotes gender
equality
Leadership:
Enhance leadership
commitment
Partnerships:
Advance the gender
equality objective in
ATA’s partnership
procedure and relation
• Understand the existing situation of men, women, and youth and their
participation, capacity, challenges and opportunities in the specific program context
• Set appropriate targeting of married women, female headed households and young
women and men
• Identify and address common and specific needs which enhance participation and benefit
• Enhance staff knowledge and provide guidelines and checklists
• Promote gender equality through the human resource management policy and practice
• Create an organizational culture to uphold the equality principle; actively communicate
• Create strong accountability mechanisms to ensure that staff are hold responsible for
gender mainstreaming results
• Develop an MLE system with the inclusion of gender in the results framework, planning
and reporting formats, project appraisal checklists and log-frames, assessments, etc.
• Communicate the leadership commitment on gender mainstreaming to the staff
• Putt in place strong linkage and accountability mechanism to gender equality
commitments
• Exhibit consistency in providing guidance and enforcing the policy objective
• Ensure that commitment on gender mainstreaming is incorporated in partnership
selection criteria
• Adequately incorporate role of partners in addressing the issue of gender in MOU and
ensure the necessary resource is allocated
• Capacitate partners to adequately address gender issues
• Facilitate learning session among partners and other stakeholders
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16. The Gender Program Team at ATA ensures that women, men and youth farmers participate
and benefit from agricultural transformation through increased productivity and income.
Women, men and youth smallholder farmers sustainably increase their
productivity and profitability through overcoming gender constraints.
Vision
Mission
Approach
Address systemic level bottlenecks in the agriculture sector through problem
solving, implementation support, capacity building and stakeholder
coordination on gender issues.
Ensure ATA’s programs address the needs of women, men and youth
smallholder farmers through gender mainstreaming, integration and
specific interventions.
Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP)
30%
10%
Requires targeting 30% female headed households and 10% youth
under age 30 for agricultural extension services.
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17. Gender inequality is reinforced
Societal role allocation
among men and
women and the value
attached to each role
Patriarchal system
perpetuated
Malignant difference in
status; they have no
vision other than the
one set by the society
Determines level of
access and control over
resources, services and
decisions
Limited opportunity for
personal development and
unable to understand and
challenge inequalities
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18. Capacity Needs Assessment Findings
Strength
Weakness/Area of improvement
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Gender equality and participation of women
farmers part of the five year plan
Staff assigned in RBOA and FCA( except in
Amhara) and member of management in
Oromiya and SNNP
Linkage between the gender unit and others
Reporting formats capture sex disaggregated
data
Linkage/collaboration with BOWCA
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Gaps in Woreda level structures
No comprehensive analysis done to inform
planning and track progresses
No regionally customized gender audit
Poor documentation practice
Weak coordination among different
stakeholders
Opportunity
Threat
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Gender being part of the GTP and other national
level frameworks
BOWCYA and WA part of regional command
post
The availability of NGOs and other actors
working in the area
The land use and certification program
Development groups and networks
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The entrenched patriarchal system and
associated resistance
Resource
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19. Gender issues across the components of the value chain
Technology
Research &
Promotion
Input
Supply
Input
Distribution
& Access
On-farm
Production
Access to
Post-harvest
Technology
Market
Linkages
▪ Research
▪ Identifying the
▪ Women farmers ▪ Extension
▪ Both women and ▪ Access market
agendas
incorporate
both women
and men
concerns
▪ Technology
development
consider
accessibility and
applicability for
both women
and men
▪ Developing and
disseminating
need based
technology
which considers
the labor issue
kind of input
they need,
capacities,
constraints &
opportunities to
access &
addressing
constraints
▪ Agricultural
inputs/seed,
fertilizer,
mechanization
technology
become
available to
both women
and men
access to
various inputs is
facilitated
through
addressing
hindrances lack
of
awareness, cred
it, etc.
▪ Assess and
ensure
appropriate
utilization of
input by both
women and
men
men have access
to knowledge
and technologies
for processing
and storage
which reduces
losses
▪ Women farmers
capacity to use
post harvest
technologies, val
ue addition and
storage
▪ Identify
opportunities for
value addition
and facilitate
support
Source: Gender Program Team Analysis
services target
women farmers
to ensure that
they gain
knowledge and
implement
appropriate
agronomic
practices
▪ Increase
participation of
women farmers
by identifying
appropriate time
and place for
training
for better
return through
assessing and
addressing
gender related
constraints
▪ Enabling
women to
participate in
farmer
institutions, hav
e access to
market
information and
facilitate linkage
Demand
Sinks
Development
▪ Investigation of
access to input
and output
markets by both
women and
men
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20. The objective of gender mainstreaming in value chain programs is to ensure the
participation and benefit of women, men and youth farmers.
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The gender mainstreaming effort in the value chain ensures that women farmers are
purposely targeted across all components of the value chain through identifying and
addressing constraints which hamper their participation and benefit.
Targeting
 Women farmers particularly female-headed households are targeted in the onfarm demonstrations and through all components of the value chain programs.
 Women farmers in male-headed households will also be targeted in the value
chain programs depending on the level of their involvement in the different
components of the value chain.
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21. Background information on the situation of women farmers in the value chain programs
n TrformationPlan (GTP)
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Women farmers, in both female-headed households and male-headed households,
participate in various value chains but their benefits are not proportional to their
contributions. This is due to different gender-based constraints and a lack of proactive
engagement to address these constraints in various components of the value chains.
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There is a tendency to limit women farmers’ involvement to specific value chains like
vegetable and poultry; there is a lack of acknowledgment women farmers’
contributions in the primary agricultural crops (i.e. wheat, maize, tef.)
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The key gender issues across the value chain programs are summarized in the following
diagram.
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22. Specific actions identified for the ATA Wheat Initiative
Target women farmers for the on-farm demonstration( Bench mark farmers) / 30% GTP
targeting
Target women in male headed households for agronomic practice training and awareness
raising trainings
Prepare communications materials that are appropriate for low literacy levels and determine
the delivery method in terms of selecting the venue, time and setting given the triple roles of
women and their safety concerns
Make mechanical technologies accessible and applicable to women farmers
Include gender units in the RBOA as part of the regional working group
Conduct a gender analysis in a sample of potential areas to identify the key challenges that
prevent female headed households from participating in the on-farm demonstrations
Source: Gender Program Team Analysis
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23. Challenges and learning from the current practice
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The engagement of the GPT focuses on the following points:
- Ensuring the inclusion of the gender component in sector strategies ,
program plans and proposals developed for fund raising
- Session on gender included in DA and SMS trainings and stakeholder
workshops(to a limited extent)
- Ensuring the selection of bench mark farmers includes female farmers(Eg
in Wheat initiative)
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As a result the touch point at ground level was not that strong and not able to
influence the implementation as expected
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Learning: there should be a mechanism to influence the implementation at ground
level and tracking mechanism for timely action.
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24. Future Direction of addressing gender in value chain will employ two approaches
Objective: Ensure the increment of Women’s productivity & target areas by 20% by
enhancing competitiveness of the VC through addressing gender inequality and tap in
to the potential of female farmers
Approach: Mainstreaming and standalone approach employed.
Mainstreaming: the first includes ensuring proactive targeting female farmers across
the VC component like their male counter parts.
Standalone: which includes special targeting of female farmers for information
dissemination, service provision through engaging WDG and networks
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25. Key actions to ensure the mainstreaming of gender in value chain programs
Input
Availabili
ty
Input
distribut
ion
Input
financin
g
Agrono
my
Mechani
zation
Post
harvest
and
marketin
g
MLE
• Seed production and availability considers women farmers preferences
• Women farmers targeted to actively participate and benefit from community based seed multiplication
• Women farmers are informed about QPM and small packaging of seed(Teff) through targeting women development groups and networks
• Sensitizing unions and primary coops to target female farmers
• Target women-only and gender balanced primary cooperatives for input distribution and capacity building to emphasize access to inputs for women
• Female farmers, women development groups and networks targeted for information dissemination to participate in direct marketing, blended
fertilizer, chemical and pesticide application
• Targeting women development groups and networks for information dissemination
• Assess the friendliness of the system to women and further inform the credit model
• Documenting best practices of women who have successfully utilized credits and repay their loan
• IEC materials will have section on gender which clearly shows the benefit of addressing women farmers and how to reach women farmers
• Training to target female DAs and SMS and a session on gender and how to address gender issues in the DAs and SMS provision of support to female
farmers
• Female headed households included in the farmer based demonstration
• Female farmers play a role in field days and are involved as information providers(educators); support the establishment of targeted female listeners
groups for the Farm Radio
• Targeted to reach women farmers through women groups and networks
• The row planter production needs to consider accessibility to women farmers in terms labor demand, technicality, price( credit opportunity)
• Support women groups to provide mechanical technology(row planter, harvester, thresher) renting service to women farmers
• Ensure women, men and youth farmers are informed about the service; Target women through targeting women development groups and
networks
• Information sharing to women farmers about market information particularly selling opportunities
• Women identified and involved in commission based private workers- traders (aggregating production to coops on commission basis)
• Monitor, document practices for further learning and sharing.
Source: Gender Program Team Analysis
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26. Key Activities and next steps
1. Selecting pilot woredas for each VC: Conduct rapid appraisal and understand
gender issues across the VC component; Design special support mechanism;
sensitization workshop and training to DAs, SMS, WA,WCYA, Women development
groups and networks: Female farmer radio listeners groups
2. Coordination among stakeholders: MOA-WAD, RBOA Gender units, FCA gender
units , Was, WCYA, Gender units in financial institutions and follow-up
3. Documentation of updates and learning for further planning and scale-up
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27. Stakeholder Coordination
 MOA/RBOA gender unit: playing a leadership role in identifying targeting ( woredas,
women’s groups and women farmers, coordinating and follow-up the activity
implementation, coordination among stakeholders
 FCA/RCPA gender unit: sensitizing unions and coops to target and involve women input
distribution and out-put marketing: - Manual development, provision of training and followup
 Micro-finance institutions gender units: enhance the friendliness and accessibility of
input credit through disseminating information to women farmers, assess and enhance
friendliness of the credit services
 Women’s Association and Women, children and Youth Affair: Facilitate and mobilize
women to participate in information sharing efforts, services access, assessment and
documentation of practices.
 ATA: supporting MOA/RBOA in coordination, providing technical support in bringing
different experiences, development of manuals and facilitation of trainings and workshops,
follow-up and coordination efforts and financing the initiative.
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28. 2014 Tef Initiative identified 6 intervention areas with 2 target levels
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Input access and availability
(seeds, fertilizer and chemicals )
Improve and monitor the quality and quantity
of appropriate varieties produced by formal
sector for target woredas
Ensure AISE orders the right amount and type
with focus on UREA and blended on time
Expand community based seed multiplication
in target woredas
Soil testing to develop targeted fertilizer
recommendation
Expand 5kg packaging of tef seed by formal
sector
6
Post harvest and marketing
1. Expand warehouse
network
2. Identify and create links to
domestic commercial
consumers
Tef
Initiative
2014
- All initiative woredas
- High producing 46
woredas
5
Agronomy
1. Develop and distributed manuals, pamphlets,
to SMS, DAs, and farmers, and expand FRI
2. Conduct TOT for regional, zonal and woreda
SMS at right time
3. Expand farmer based demonstration sites
4. Develop crop mix strategy
5. Expand conservation agriculture and rain
gauges and soil moisture tester use
6. Scale up tef-chickpea double cropping (TBD)
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4
1.
2.
3.
4.
Input distribution
(seed, Fertilizers and chemicals)
Strengthen the planning and logistics for
the traditional distribution system for
seeds and fertilizer
Capacity building for primary coop amd
FCU
ICT tracking of seed and fertilizer
distribution
Expand promotion of blended fertilizer
Source: Tef team discussions, July – Aug 2013
1.
3
Input finance and insurance
1. Ensure sufficient liquidity is available for
input financing for all target woredas
(30% of farmers)
2. Avail access to input financing to all
target woredas using new and refined
credit model
3. Develop risk insurance
4. Implementation of voucher credit
system by MFIs and Coops`
2.
3.
4.
Mechanization
Disseminate knowledge about and
promote use of thresher in 2013/14
Develop new row planter, refine the
existing planters
Expand availability of row planters,
harvester and threshers
Conduct training on how to manage
tools
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29. Gender components for 2014 Tef Initiative
- All initiative woredas
- High producing 46
woredas
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2
1.
2.
3.
4.
3
1.
2.
3.
4.
Input access and availability
(seeds, fertilizer and chemicals )
Improve and monitor the quality and quantity of appropriate
varieties produced by formal sector for target woredas
Ensure AISE orders the right amount and type with focus on
UREA and blended on time
Expand community based seed multiplication in target woredas
Soil testing to develop targeted fertilizer recommendation
Expand 5kg packaging of tef seed by formal sector
Input distribution
(Seed, fertilizers and chemicals)
Strengthen the planning and logistics for the traditional
distribution system for seeds and fertilizer
Capacity building for primary coop and FCU
ICT tracking of seed and fertilizer distribution
Expand promotion of blended fertilizer
Input finance and insurance
Ensure sufficient liquidity is available for input financing for all
target woredas (30% of farmers)
Avail access to input financing to all target woredas using new
and refined credit model
Develop risk insurance
Implementation of voucher credit system by MFIs and Coops`
Source: Tef team discussions, July – Aug 2013
Specific activities
Targeting
• Engage women and youth in
• ## women, men and
community based seed multiplication
• [smaller packaging may promote
•
adoption of improved seed by low
income households; especially
female-headed households]
• Provide gender training for union and
•
•
•
cooperative leadership
Engage women-only coops
Use ICT tracking with sex- and agedisaggregated data
Conduct demonstration of blended
fertilizer with female-headed
households
• Ensure the commitment of MFIs to
promote input financing options
(including vouchers) to achieve more
than 50% women clients of all types
(female households heads, married
women and youth); leverage existing
rural women’s networks
youth participating and
benefiting from
community based seed
multiplication
## women, men and
youth farmers that
purchase 5kg package
• ## women-only coop
•
•
•
and coops with >30%
women membership
## women, men and
youth farmers that
purchase inputs
## FHH conducting
blended fertilizer
demonstration
## women, men and
youth clients based on
loan size, type (i.e.
voucher) and use
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30. Gender components for 2014 Tef Initiative
- All initiative woredas
- High producing 46
woredas
4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mechanization
Disseminate knowledge about and promote use of thresher in
2013/14
Develop new row planter, refine the existing planters
Expand availability of row planters, harvester and threshers
Conduct training on how to manage tools
Agronomy
Develop and distributed manuals, pamphlets, to SMS, DAs, and
farmers, and expand FRI
Conduct TOT for regional, zonal and woreda SMS at right time
Expand farmer based demonstration sites
Develop crop mix strategy
Expand conservation agriculture and rain gauges and soil
moisture tester use
Scale up tef-chickpea double cropping (TBD)
Specific activities
Targeting
• Provide women-only trainings for how
• ## women using row
to manage tools
• Provide gender training as part of
•
•
•
•
•
6
Post harvest and marketing
1. Expand warehouse network
2. Identify and create links to domestic commercial consumers
Source: Tef team discussions, July – Aug 2013
regional agronomy TOT
Develop women-friendly
communication materials
DAs conduct women-only trainings at
convenient times and locations
Increase the number of femaleheaded household demonstrations
Invite women and youth to farmer
field days and farmer exposure visits
Organize women-only and mixed
listening groups for Farm Radio
[pending impact results]
Train women on conservation ag.
•
• Ensure warehouse targets women
• Promote purchasing from women
farmers and cooperatives with >30%
women membership
planter, harvesters and
threshers
• ## extension members
•
trained
## materials reviewed
• ## women trained at
women-only sessions
• ## FHH
demonstrations
• ## women and youth
•
•
attending field days
## women in Farm
Radio listening groups
## of women practicing
conservation ag.
• ## women using
warehouses
• ## purchased from
women or coops
with >30% women
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membership

31. Informing programs with evidence

Gender analysis

Gender audit of RBOA
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32. Innovations to help our country grow

33. Conclusion
 Clear direction + alignment + commitment =
Achieving gender equality objectives beyond the
GTP targeting
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34. Gender issues across the components of the value chain
Input
Supply
 Seed production and
availability
considers
women
farmers
preferences
 Women
farmers
targeted to actively
participate and benefit
from community based
seed multiplication
 Women farmers are
informed about QPM
and small packaging of
seed(Teff)
through
targeting
women
development
groups
and networks
Source: Gender Program Team Analysis
Input
Distribution
& Access
Sensitizing unions
and primary coops
to target female
farmers
: Target womenonly and gender
balanced primary
cooperatives for
input distribution
and
capacity
building
to
emphasize access
to
inputs
for
women
female farmers,
women
development
groups
and
networks targeted
On-farm
Production
Access to
Post-harvest
Technology
Market
Linkages
▪ Extension
▪ Both women and ▪ Access market
services target
women farmers
to ensure that
they gain
knowledge and
implement
appropriate
agronomic
practices
▪ Increase
participation of
women farmers
by identifying
appropriate time
and place for
training
men have access
to knowledge
and technologies
for processing
and storage
which reduces
losses
▪ Women farmers
capacity to use
post harvest
technologies, val
ue addition and
storage
▪ Identify
opportunities for
value addition
and facilitate
support
for better
return through
assessing and
addressing
gender related
constraints
▪ Enabling
women to
participate in
farmer
institutions,
have access to
market
information and
facilitate linkage
Demand
Sinks
Development
▪ Investigation of
access to input
and output
markets by both
women and
men
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35. Priorities for 2013 significantly shaped by the result of the capacity needs assessment
Key deliverable Q1 milestone
Q2 milestone
Q3 milestone Q4 milestone
1
Gender
mainstreamed in ATA
programs
ATA Value chain, systems
and special initiatives
identified specific gender
issues
Implementation
framework
developed
and operationalized
Implementation and
follow-up
of
identified
gender
issues
Follow-up
implementation
and
document learning
2
Enhanced
institutional
mainstreaming
through
organizational
development
Gender
mainstreaming
guideline drafted and staff
awareness enhanced
Gender mainstreaming
guideline finalized and
implementation started;
staff
awareness
enhanced
Gender
mainstreaming
guideline
implemented; staff
awareness enhanced
The
gender
mainstreaming
guideline
fully
implemented by all
team; staff awareness
enhanced
3
Women's Economic
Leadership (WEL)
project
implementation
Pilot projects launched in
Tigray and Oromia
Women’s enterprises
established with business
plans in Tigray and
Oromia
Pilot projects
launched in Amhara
and SNNP
Women’s enterprises
established with
business plans in
Amhara and SNNP
4
Built the capacity of
MOA-WAD and
gender units in RBOA
Women’s enterprises
operationalized in
Tigray and Oromia
TOR developed for Gender
analysis and gender audit
Commission the gender
analysis and audit task
and
data
collection
finalized
Gender analysis and
gender audit report
Finalized
Successful pilot
projects in Tigray and
Oromia
Analysis report and
audit finding shared
and
implementation
started
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