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 & Youth
Research in Dryland Systems
Impact
More resilient livelihoods
(ID01)
More stable & higher
income (ID02)
Guiding
principles
Outputs
Women and youth have better access to and control over productive assets, inputs, information, market opportunities and capture a more equitable
share of increased income, food and other benefits
Outcomes
Impact Pathway
Better services for G&Y
(ID06) + Increased
prod/income (IDO2) +
Policy reforms (ID07)
Improved HH Food
Security & Diversity,
especially for women &
children (ID03)
Improved resilience
(ID01)
Income (ID02)
Policy reforms (ID07)
Changed attitudes (ID08)
More sustainable &
equitable NRM (ID04) &
better functioning
markets (ID05)
Better knowledge of G&Y
impacts of outputs in all
ID0s and of outputs in
ID08
Partners along the
impact pathway
Development agencies
Policy makers
Line departments
Diagnostic tool box
Sex- and age –
disaggregated data in
baseline surveys
Awareness-raising &
capacity building of CRP
scientists & partners
Ex-ante G&Y – sensitive
interdisciplinary
identification of issues,
RQS & design with men,
women, youth producers
improves R4D
effectiveness
Methods for
participatory action
research with partners to
identify/ close gaps
Capacity building of
partners
Analyses available for
policy
Tools to identify
aspirations, needs,
priorities, attitudes to
risk by gender & age
Analyses for policy & R4D
programs
Closing G&Y gaps in
access to agri. resources
& services vital for
adoption of agri.
innovations, increased
productivity & food
security
Addressing G&Y
differences in needs &
priorities for agri.
innovations (sale,
consumption; food
security, safety, nutrition;
labor- & risk-reduction)
improves R4D relevance
Tools to assess likely
incentives ex ante and ex
post impacts
Analyses of good practice
in incentivizing women &
youth
Gender & age differences
in intra-HH control of
agri. products/ income/
labor affect incentives &
capacity to adopt
Capacity building of
women, youth &
partners
Methods to integrate
women & youth and
their indigenous
knowledge in land &
water management
Indicators tested +
available
Analyses available for
policy + future R4D
Strengthening women’s
& youth leadership roles
in agri. & community
orgs improves
innovation adoption
along value chains & for
market
Developing better M&E
indicators to quantify
G&Y impacts of
innovations is critical to
identify remedial actions
& future R4D priorities
Producer & marketing
associations
NGOs/CSOs
Extension systems
Agribusiness
Farmers pastoralists
NARS
Advanced research
centers
CG centers
Other CRPs
Vision
Dryland Systems aims to promote more gender-equitable & youth-inclusive
development in dry areas that enhances their wellbeing and resilience.
using
• More relevant/better targeted ex ante research design by
interdisciplinary analytical tools to characterize value chains and analyze
gender norms and behaviors that determine preferences/capacities to adopt
innovation; identify issues and entry points; and provide feedback from
impact assessments.
• Participatory action R4D involving rural women and youth.
Implementation
The Gender & Youth Strategy is due to be launched in November. In September
2013, the DS Steering Committee adopted a gender IDO (IDO 8) and the DS
Gender Design Workshop decided to take the very innovative step of
integrating gender & youth in the strategy. Being developed through a
stakeholder participatory process, the emerging strategy is demand driven and
ensures stakeholder ownership – an important precursor for success. In parallel,
series of meetings in each of the DS’s five target regions enabled scientist teams
to mainstream gender & youth issues into their research activities under the
other seven IDOs.
Implementation challenges
Partnerships and Capacities
• GFAR : To leverage the Gender in Agriculture
Partnership’s (GAP) multi-stakeholder network
(gender-gap.net) and benefit from synergies in
R4D efforts – dissemination of findings and
engaging policy-makers in evidence based
advocacy at the global, regional and national
levels for gender-equitable development.
• YPARD: To leverage the Young Professionals in
Agricultural R4D network for youth awareness
campaigns, internship and Young Dryland
Scientists program and local on-ground events &
activities.
• Africa Harvest: To build on their experiences and
partner on gender and youth inclusion strategies
to drive greater uptake of innovations from farms
to markets and reap equitable benefits for all –
higher agricultural productivity and incomes.
1. Rapidly expand program team capacity to effectively implement gender &
youth strategy across the five target regions
2. Mainstreaming use of tools and methods developed in gender & youth IDO
across all DS research activities at the 24 action sites through rigorous
awareness and adequate training activities
Key contacts
Malika Martini, Socio-Economist, ICARDA, M.Martini@cgiar.org
Jennie Dey de Pryck, GFAR Senior Gender Advisor, jenniedeydepryck@yahoo.com
Polly Eriksen, Scientist, ILRI & DS CRP Regional Coordinator (E&S Africa), P.Eriksen@cgiar.org
Chanda G. Goodrich, Principal Scientist, Empower Women, ICRISAT, C.Goodrich@cgiar.org
Rehima Mussema, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, rehimamussema@gmail.com
Yeshi Chiche, Assoc. for Strengthening Agricultural Research in E. Africa, c.yeshi@asareca.org
For communications:
Rajita Majumdar, Communications Specialist, ICARDA, R.majumdar@cgiar.org
www.drylandsystems.cgiar.org