A presentation to the Gender, Agriculture and Assets project

workshop;

Nov 4th 2011- BRAC CDM, Bangladesh

Overview

Brief about EADD

Project Objectives and Gender related milestones

The baseline study and how it informed implementation

A snap shot of implementation progress & results

Next steps

EADD in brief

• A 4 (& ½) years smallholder dairy project

• Vision is to double dairy income in 179,000 families

• Knowledge based interventions to:

• Sustainably increase dairy productivity & efficiency

• Expand dairy markets and increase access

• Through the dairy hub approach

• Countries: Kenya, Rwanda & Uganda

• A consortium of partners led by Heifer International, Technoserve, ILRI, ICRAF and ABS

• Funded by BMGF

Cornerstone of the project: the hub

approach

Project Objectives

To generate information for informed decision-

making

To expand dairy markets and increase market

access for smallholder farmers

To sustainably increase dairy productivity and

efficiency

A number of Gender milestones BUT:

Most not clear e.g. 70,000 women trained on full

participation in groups

No corresponding strategies identified

And therefore no budget/resources set aside

Baseline study done!

Examined gendered:

◦ Ownership patterns of selected assets

◦ Access to selected services & technologies

◦ Household decision making patterns

◦ Participation in collective action- cooperatives

It was weak in the sense that:

◦ Gendered labor patterns were not examined

◦ Relied on responses from one member of HH

◦ Not enough gender disaggregation of data

◦ Report didn’t mainstream gender in each BS

component- instead a stand alone report

Gender strategy developed

◦ Informed by the baseline and other implementation

observations

◦ Identified key issues & strategies:

Household level dynamics and production

Participation in farmer marketing groups

Participation chilling plants & bulking sites

Project staff attitude and capacity

◦ Set backs

Delayed implementation of interventions; e.g

Recruitment of Gender & Agriculture specialist

Readjustment of operational budgets and plan

Implementation progress and Results

EADD Mid Term Evaluation findings

on gender

Women are adequately represented in leadership positions in the project as well as individual hubs.

Gender balance has been achieved among project staff, and Executive Committees.

Female participants in almost all areas are directly receiving technical training in dairy skills, participating in cross-visits, and acting as model farmers and trainers

However, less progress in extending the economic benefits to women at the individual household level.

Mainly due to long-standing cultural and economic factors.

Project Achievements (July 2011)

Project targets

# Cumulative

% cumulative

Farmers registered 179,000 161,380 90

Farmers participate in domestic and regional learning trips

15,550 14,068 90

BDS providers trained 520 2,307 444 Farmers trained in group dynamics and governance (excluding women and youth)

63,199 62,777 99

women trained for full participation in groups

70,000 50,569 72

women in leadership positions 162 479 296 Farmers trained in basic animal recordkeeping and traceability

169,000 123,652 73

CAHP trained and servicing farmers 959 1,270 132

farmer-trainers recruited to teach farmers improved feed practices

522 1,974 378

Membership, Shareholding and economic participation in

dairy cooperatives

Performance Indicators (project target was to

reach at least 30% for women and 20% for

youth)

Overall

Women

Youths Young

Women-

(below

35yrs)

% women & youth registered in dairy coops

% women & youth shareholders in Chilling Plants

% women & youth constituting model farmers

% women & youth accessing BDS services

% women & youth hired in CPs and Coops

27

31

25

29

24

21

17

12

13

70

7

5

4

4

17

Participation in Leadership, Decision making, and

management structures

Performance Indicators (project target was to

reach at least 30% for women and 20% for youth)

Overall

Women

Youth Young

Women-

below 35y

% women & youth composing B. of Directors

% women & youth attending the last AGM

% CP Management staff, managers and unit heads

% women & youth Extension Officers

29

38

34

18

16

15

73

47

4

6

27

7

Challenges & Next steps Challenges:

◦ Difficulty to get women as service providers

◦ Women elected in Boards do not hold highest

positions

◦ The concept of cattle ownership becomes fuzzy!

◦ M & E- gender disaggregation, reporting &

documentation.

Next step;

◦ Can GAAP support an evaluation of EADD

activities on women access to related assets?

◦ This would inform design of a possible EADD2