Part of the collection of posters developed for CGIAR Knowledge Day, Nairobi, 5 November 2013

1. CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food secure future
Gender
Mainstreaming in Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Impact Pathway
Implementation: Innovative approaches for scaling
out
• Farm reality TV show targeting and informing East Africa
women, men and youth on climate-smart agriculture
technologies
The ‘What’
Gendertargeted
research in all
four CCAFS
research
areas
(flagships)
Gender &
ClimateSmart
Practices,
Innovations,
Scaling Out
Approaches
The ‘How’, ‘Where’ and
‘With Whom’
Strategic partnerships +
learning approaches to
achieve gender & social
differentiation outcomes
Inclusive local forwardplanning action research
with NGO’s taking
gender transformative
actions
Equitable
Climate Info
Services,
ClimateInformed
Safety Nets
Equitable participatory
research with Met
Services and NARES
Co-process and costrategy development
with stakeholders
Inclusive &
equitable
institutions
supporting
‘Low
Emission
Development’
Strategic partnerships &
joint learning re:
innovative & equitable
mitigation actions and
institutional
arrangements supporting
LED by and for women
Equitable
policies and
institutions
for resilient
food systems
• Mobile-phone based equitable irrigation advisory services
• Female and youth-targeted climate and ag information
services
Our Vision and
Gender
Outcome
• Participatory farmer-led videos sharing perceptions,
knowledge and adaptation strategies
• Testing new large-scale, inclusive crowdsourcing
approaches
M&E: Training in gender impact pathway analysis and M&E
strategies with partners
Vulnerable
groups and
women have
increased
access to and
control over:
Identifying context-driven, appropriate tools, capacity
strengthening and generating new evidence:
Inclusive learning
alliances/platforms;
strengthening women and
youth’s voices in farmers orgs
& their policy influence; policy
champions & enhanced
foresight analysis capacity
• Productive
assets &
inputs
• Information
• Food and
markets
• Strengthened
participation
in decisionmaking
processes
Systemlevel
Outcomes
• Cross-centre/CRP development of improved gender-climate
change research tools
• Partner trainings in 5 CCAFS regions, and cross-centre/CRP
implementation of new tools
Achieving our vision: How we do the research matters
We embrace key “Linking Knowledge with Action” Lessons
and Principles:
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Strategic partnerships and inclusive engagement processes
Social learning approaches
Co-developing research questions and approaches with farmers
Gender transformative approaches
Innovative communication approaches for scaling out
Nested impact pathway development with partners and M&E for
tracking and achieving joint outcomes
Partners
• NGOs, e.g. PROLINNOVA and CARE International
• Other CRPs and Universities, e.g. University of Florida
• Climate smart and gender-oriented large development
programs and investments, e.g. IFAD, FAO, EU, USAID, Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank
• Governments and NARES
• International gender networks, e.g. WOCAN
Key Contacts
Jennifer Twyman
Patti Kristjanson
Chris Jost
Website
j.twyman@cgiar.org
p.kristjanson@cgiar.org
c.jost@cgiar.org
www.ccafs.cgiar.org/gender
Photocredits: Neil Palmer (CIAT) Pawan Kumar
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October
2013