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Community gender profiles help target small ruminant value chain interventions in Ethiopia
No full textThe design of research and development interventions in Ethiopia has long been hampered by a lack of gender disaggregated data. Working to overcome these data shortages, a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise was undertaken in 2015 and 2016 into the gender characteristics of the small ruminant value chain sites in five regions of Ethiopia, one of the value chains of the CGIAR Livestock and Fish research program. The assessment helped guide development of gender profiles of 14 peasant associations in seven woredas (districts) in southern, western and eastern Ethiopia
Gender-based drivers of participation in sheep breeding cooperatives in Ethiopia
No full textCollective actions and formation of cooperatives are crucial for small ruminant community-based breeding programs.
Women’s participation in agricultural cooperatives is generally low in Ethiopia and the lack of participation adversely affect their ability to accrue benefits as members of cooperatives.
Although women perform most of small ruminant husbandry activities, they have less control over of the animals and associated benefits
A Fest for Women and Men: Genderizing a Feed-Assessment Tool
No full textOver the last 7 years, scientists at ILRI, CIAT and ICARDA have developed a tool, known as the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST), that consists of two parts: a rapid, participatory assessment using focus groups, and individual farmer interviews. The feed assessment is conducted with a focus group of farmers and follows a set of guide questions. It identifies problems and opportunities within a given farming system and identifies potential interventions. A subset of farmers is then interviewed individually to generate quantitative information that is input into a specialized computer application. While our national partners have found FEAST useful, they also commented that it was “gender blind”.
This project responds to the question: “How do gender relations affect design, delivery and adoption of innovation, in particular feed interventions?” Integrating gender into an existing, established tool is a powerful opportunity to support research and practitioners to bring key aspects of gender relations to the surface. The engendered tool can assist researchers and practitioners to assess how gender relations affect livestock farming, and especially feeding practices and innovations
Gendered Value Chain Analysis Training Workshop report
No full textThe workshop was organized in response to a perceived need to strengthen the capacity of CRP Livestock and Fish (LAF) research and development partners to conduct a gendered value chain analysis, and apply gender analytical tools. A team of facilitators was assembled from ILRI and ICARDA, and used workshop materials prepared by Transition International. Three pre-workshop meetings were held to discuss the structure of the workshop, the activities involved, logistics and assignment of roles. The workshop took place at the International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
“Sheep are Like Fast-Growing Cabbage": Gender Dimensions of Small Ruminant Health in Ethiopia
No full textThis project feeds into the gender-integrated research agenda with a focus on understanding how gender relations/dynamics affect disease control among small ruminants in Ethiopia. This is put in a broader context of wanting to know the factors that affect disease control in the communities involved. It asks questions on the importance of livestock species, the diseases that are constraints in small-ruminant husbandry, the impacts of diseases on different household members, and who does what in animal-health management.
Methods used includes: separate focus groups with adult women, adult men, young women and young men; a short joint feedback session with all four groups; participatory tools such as simple ranking, proportional piling and seasonal calendars. Focus-group discussions show that women and men have different perceptions of livestock
Gender capacity assessment report on small ruminants value chain research and development partners in Ethiopia
No full textBetween April and May, 2015, gender capacity assessment of research and development was conducted in Ethiopia using the capacity assessment guide and set of tools development by Transition International. The assessment was carried out in three selected small ruminant value chain (SR VC) woredas (districts) among the seven Livestock and Fish (LAF) target sites- Doyogene in SNNP region, Horro and Borena Yabello in Oromia region. The main objective of this assessment is to analyse the current gender capacities against desired future gender capacities of the LAF partners in Ethiopia and to subsequently design tailor-made capacity development interventions
Participatory Epidemiology and Gender training report
No full textA five days training focusing on participatory epidemiology and gender was organized in the ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa from 15-19 June 2015. The training brought together participants from the Livestock and Fish as well as Africa RISING intervention sites. The training was held at ILRI Addis Ababa (15-19 June 2015
Gender issues in livestock production systems in Ethiopia: A literature review
No full textStudies on gender and livestock in Ethiopia are scanty and localized in terms of geographic coverage and gender issues covered. Nevertheless, gender issues in livestock that could potentially influence livestock policy and gender equity have been generated. The gender issues addressed in livestock include gender division of labour; access to, ownership and control over of resources; intrahousehold decision-making; livestock institutions; mobility and the risk of HIV and AIDS; time poverty, perception and agency; women’s invisibility; gender capacity; and changes in gender relations. The review suggested some possible gendered investable options to improve the existing gender inequalities in livestock with a potential of far reaching consequences of improving the livestock systems in general and as well as research gaps for future research
Enhancing Participation of Women and Men in Breeding Cooperatives Through a Gender Capacity Development (GCD) Intervention for Local Actors (Cooperative Leadership & Service Providers) in Ethiopia
No full textIn Ethiopia, Livestock CRP research has focused on gender capacity development at the institutional level. Recently, gender awareness-raising activities at community and household level to transform gender relations are being conducted at limited Livestock CRP sites to overcome restrictive gender norms and enhance equitable participation of men and women livestock keepers in a community-based sheep breeding program (CBBP). This is mainly as a result of lack of core gender capacities by local partners who provide day to day services to the breeding cooperatives across Livestock CRP target sites. They lack the capacity to recognize, identify gender issues and formulate strategic actions to overcome constraining gender relations and structures at household and community levels.
In order to address this felt need, a training workshop to enhance participation of women and men in breeding cooperatives through a gender capacity development (GCD) intervention for local actors (cooperative leadership and service providers) was initiated and implemented in selected target sites. The training aimed at creating awareness on the key constraining gender relations and structures identified through previous studies in the target sites and capacitate local actors on how to address them through a gender transformative approach
Gender Issues in Livestock Systems in Ethiopia
No full textUnderstanding gender differences and social dynamics in livestock systems is essential to the design of gender sensitive interventions that equitably address the priorities of male and female smallholder farmers and other disadvantaged groups. The data for this analysis were derived from literature review and a multi-stakeholder consultation workshop. Both manual and electronic searches for studies done on gender and livestock in Ethiopia were applied. Current knowledge on gender division; intra-household decision-making; access, ownership and control of livestock resources; livestock marketing; time poverty, perception and agency; livestock-based institutions and structures; gender capacity and changes in gender relations is presented and gaps in literature identified. Drawing on the findings, a framework for analyzing gender issues at household, community and environmental level is proposed
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