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- CRP-GLDC Annual Report 2020Date: 2020-04-30Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC) is an international consortium led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and implemented by CGIAR, and non-CGIAR international research partners, NGO`s and NARES. This consortium strives to support beneficiaries in 13 priority countries in South Asia (SA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with a mission of improving rural livelihoods and nutrition by prioritizing demand-driven innovation to increase production and market opportunities along value chains. The CRP-GLDC envisions to increase productivity, profitability, resilience and marketability of critical and nutritious crops grown in the semi-arid and sub-humid dryland agroecologies of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) where poverty, malnutrition, climate change and soil degradation are most acute. Improved innovation capacities within agri-food systems of these crops are expected to enable coherent and integrated research and development, production, and market and policy reforms to contribute towards resilience, inclusion, poverty reduction, nutritional security, environmental sustainability and economic growth. This report presents the results of the CRP for the year 2020.
- Piloting the G+ customer and product profile tools for gender-responsive cassava breeding in NigeriaAuthor(s): Teeken, Bela; Olaosebikan, Olamide; Balogun, Ireti; Okoye, Benjamin; Madu, Tessy; Cole, Steven; Bello, Abolore; Parkes, Elizabeth (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA))Date: 2020-12-16Type: ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe G+ tools developed by the CGIAR Crosscutting Research program, ‘Roots Tubers and Bananas’ through the Gender and Breeding Initiative provide a first attempt in streamlining a systematic social/gender inclusive customer and product profiling within breeding. This report implements these G+ tools using the diverse gender and socially inclusive information gathered over the last few years. Specifically, this report aims to (i) update the provisional product profile (with more literature and finding from current on-going studies) to be socially inclusive (ii) document literature/current findings that informed the updating of the cassava products profile and G+ tool templates (iii) summarize the customer segments for the end-uses of cassava products in Nigeria and (iv) identify and present the research gaps that can generate new, robust inter-disciplinary evidences and validation of already existing information. This report is divided into three sections: 1. Customer profiling 2. Product profile and 3. Gaps and recommendations (or options for action).
- Decision-making Power of Women in Livestock and Dairy Production in JordanAuthor(s): Najjar, Dina; Baruah, Bipasha; Al-Jawhari, Nadira (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 2019-12-21)Date: 2019-12-21Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessWomen are heavily involved in livestock rearing and milk processing in many parts of the world. Yet the benefits of their labour are limited as men are responsible for marketing of the dairy produce and ownership of livestock. This study was designed to understand livelihood strategies employed by women and men to carry out the rearing of livestock and processing of milk products in South Jordan. The main purpose of this study is to explore livestock ownership, as well as labour expenditure and decision-making power in sales, purchases, and expenditure of income in livestock production and milk processing in the Khreisha villages of Jordan. The thirteen villages in the Khreisha area were selected purposefully for the study as they had previously identified the production of milk and jameed (a type of cheese that is very specific to Jordan) and related milk products as their primary livelihood strategy. The empirical data for this study was collected through a survey administered to 197 farmers (94 women and 103 men) in Khreisha villages. The survey data was complemented with 71 unstructured interviews with male and female participants in livestock and dairy production. Survey questions were designed to collect data about demographic characteristics of respondents, their primary and secondary economic activities, types of livestock owned, reasons for preference of ownership of specific livestock breeds, sex disaggregated patterns of ownership and control of livestock, gender composition and dynamics of cooperatives and group formation, problems encountered with livestock rearing and production of jameed and other milk products. Additionally, we tried to gain a sex-disaggregated sense of the most useful innovations for livestock production and milk processing. Our findings have revealed that although women are responsible for much of the labour involved in milk processing and livestock rearing, they have limited decision-making power and own few livestock heads in these two enterprises. We identify 11 cases where women increase their decision-making power in milk processing who were also commercial producers of jameed. We conduct semi-interviews with these 11 women and their families to understand the factors that enabled some women to transition from subsistence production to commercial production. Ownership of milk processing machines as well as purchase of milk by women themselves increases the ability of women to decide on the expenditure of related income. We argue that women livestock ownership and agricultural innovations, particularly those related to dairy processing, have the potential to increase decision-making power (joint or independent) for women to gain benefits from labour they invest in livestock rearing and milk processing.
- Feminization of agricultureAuthor(s): Ravula, PAdmajaDate: 2019-03-07Type: ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe paper uses micro-level evidences from the longitudinal panel surveys carried out by ICRISAT’s Village Dynamics Studies in South Asia (VDSA), formerly called as Village-level Studies (VLS), which has been running from 1975 to now, tracking the same households and individuals over time in selected villages of India.
- CIHEAM Bari Knowledge Unit: Youth Employment and InnovationAuthor(s): Jawhar, Jocelyne (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA))Date: 2019-12-15Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessPresentation given by Dr. Jawhar of CIHEAM Bari on Youth Employment and Innovation as part of the Knowledge Symposium at the SKIM Project Regional Workshop in Rabat, Morocco on November 15th, 2019.
- Women, irrigation and social norms in Egypt: “The more things change, the more they stay the same?”Author(s): Najjar, Dina; Baruah, Bipasha; Garhi, Aman (McGill University, Institute for the Study of International Development (McGill-ISID))Date: 2019-03-31Type: Working PaperStatus: Open accessThis paper explores how women and men participate in irrigation activities in Egypt, drawing from a survey administered to 200 men and 202 women and qualitative information from 150 interviews. Women participated in irrigation activities in 78 percent of the 402 households surveyed suggesting that women are far more actively engaged in irrigation efforts in Egypt, and possibly in the wider MENA region, than is generally assumed. The diffusion of certain irrigation technologies such as drip, sprinkler and tatweer in recent years has made irrigation more socially acceptable for women to perform although some women had also been irrigating land long before these technologies became available. We identify land ownership; educational attainment; institutional support from government, donors and NGOs; and access to training in irrigational technologies as factors that enable women to optimally undertake irrigation. These factors enabled women to participate meaningfully in public institutions related to irrigation, such as water user associations (WUAs). Finally, we discovered that desire and ability to participate in WUAs declined dramatically for both women and men when institutional support was withdrawn or eroded. Thus, the paper concludes that we must look at a variety of social categories and relationships to understand women’s involvement in irrigation and to identify ways to strengthen it.
- Technical Bulletin No. 3: Milk Processing Technologies for Small-Scale ProducersAuthor(s): Tessema, Abebe; Tibbo, Markos (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 2009-05-01)Date: 2009-05-01Type: ManualStatus: Open accessThis Technical Bulletin is the third in a series produced by the Women's Livelihoods and Dairy Goat Project being implemented in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This IFAD-funded project aims to improve rural livelihoods in marginal, conflict and post-conflict areas of the two countries. There are large numbers of small-scale livestock keepers in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and traditional milk processing methods (e.g. cheese making) are well known in many areas. Many of these producers seek to improve the quality of milk products, for home consumption and especially for sale. However, little effort has been made so far to promote simple, improved processing technologies suitable for small-scale producers. Such technologies can create better market access for these producers, and improve household nutrition as well as consumer health. This booklet describes simple, appropriate processing technologies for producing value-added milk products such as yogurt, butter and cheese. It is intended to serve as an extension aid for farmers and women farmer facilitators working with communities in both countries. It will also be helpful in other countries and regions where conditions are similar. These techniques are particularly important in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, where zoonotic diseases (e.g. tuberculosis and brucellosis) are common, affecting both livestock and people. The guidelines suggested in this booklet will help to improve the quality of milk and milk products, and reduce transmission of these diseases. This booklet will also be useful to anyone engaged in small-scale dairy enterprises.
- Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan project - The agenda of the 2nd coordination meetingAuthor(s): Charre, Simon (The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC))Date: 2015-06-04Type: Training MaterialStatus: Open accessValuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan project - The agenda of the 2nd coordination meeting
- Report of Gender Expert on Focus Group meetings on women’s role in use and management of water resources in Turkistan region (Second mission)Author(s): Kiktenko, Ludmilla (The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), 2015-03-17)Date: 2015-03-17Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe mission report is made based on results of the missions which took place on 25-26 March 2015. It covered three villages: Karachik, Bugun and Staryi Ikan situated in Turkestan region. In second mission, conducted three FGMs with women and nine individual discussions with men representing water management organizations and farmers. Totally met 90 people: 89 women and 9 men.
- Agenda of Group meetings on women’s role in use and management of water resources in Turkistan region - russianAuthor(s): Kiktenko, Ludmilla (The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC))Date: 2015-03-17Type: ReportStatus: Open accessAgenda of Group meetings on women’s role in use and management of water resources in Turkistan region - russian
- Adapative Management of Water Resources to Increase Agricultural ProductivityAuthor(s): Dessalegn, BezaietDate: 2018-12-31Type: Internal ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessAdaptive natural resource management involves multiple responses involving complex social, economic, and bio-physical challenges. The study looked at the evolution of water management in three villages located at the head, middle, and tail ends of a canal in Egypt over the past 10 years. Sex and age disaggregated data were collected to understand differences in perceptions, effect of major drivers, and their implications on gender roles and resource endowments. Qualitative data were collected through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) held with male, female and young farmers; and Key Informant Interviews (KII) held with relevant stakeholders. Preliminary results from our analysis identified variations in the effects of major socio-economic and bio-physical drivers of change on men, women and youth; and their subsequent effects on the adaptation strategies pursued by each group.
- Training on milk processing - Al Majdiyae, JordanAuthor(s): El-Hiary, MasnatDate: 2017-05-22Type: Internal ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe report refers to the training conducted on sustainable and efficient milk processing in Al Majdiyae, Jordan.
- Modeling Selected Ecosystem Services in Bugunski Region WatershedsDate: 2015-06-04Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessPresentation on Modeling Selected Ecosystem Services in Bugunski Region Watersheds
- Analysis of the roles of men and women in water use and management in low Syr Basin and opportunities for empowering them and promote more rational water usesDate: 2015-06-04Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessPresentation on the Analysis of the roles of men and women in water use and management in low Syr Basin and opportunities for empowering them and promote more rational water uses
- Проект Оценка экосистемных услуг для усовершенствования системы управления водными ресурсами в сельском хозяйстве РКAuthor(s): Charre, Simon (The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC))Date: 2014-12-17Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessPresentation on Project Assessment of Ecosystem Services for Improving the System of Water Resources Management in Agriculture of Kazakhstan.
- Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in KazakhstanAuthor(s): Charre, Simon (The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC))Date: 2014-12-14Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessPresentation on Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Improving Agricultural Water Management in Kazakhstan.
- Afghanistan forage initiative knowledge focussed eventAuthor(s): Louhaichi, Mounir; Kassam, Shinan; Hassan, SawsanDate: 2018-06-06Type: OtherStatus: Open access22 participants from including staff from Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), private seed company, Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) in Baghlan, Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) in Nangarhar and Private farmer attendee training course on: Forage production, water harvesting techniques, integrated alley cropping and conservation agriculture, cactus crop requirements, forages in annual cropping systems and evaluation, and nutritional aspects of forage in addition to varietal introduction and release processes. The training took place in Amman and Cairo during the period of April 29 – May 6, 2017. Trainers from ICARDA Amman, Royal Tropical Institute (Amsterdam), University of Oregon (USA), ICARDA/ Egypt and ICARDA/ Lebanon shred their information and experiences with the participants.
- Integrated watershed management in the upper catchments of Karkheh River Basin of IranAuthor(s): Ghafouri, Mohammad; Siadat, Hamid; Oweis, Theib (Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), 2012-06-10)Date: 2012-06-10Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessIntegrated watershed management should be pursued to improve people’s livelihoods and the ecosystem. It can be achieved when all stakeholders agree on a joint vision and action plan. Scientists should support the process with information about the limits of exploitation of ecosystems, efficient and sustainable methods to use natural resources, and mechanisms for cooperation and they should provide indicators of progress.
- A gender Analysis Perspective for Improved Livelihoods in the Karkheh River BasinAuthor(s): Neffati, Mohamed; Abelali-Martinin, Malika; Abbasi, Akram; Soltani, Shohreh (Arid Regions Institute (IRA))Date: 2012-04-16Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThis study on gender and livelihood aims to find new ways of improving the incomes of rural households, based on the role of women in agricultural production and the division of labor in socioeconomic activities between men and women. It targets eight villages in two regions: Merek (Kermanshah Province) and Honam (Lorestan Province), and was carried out through conducting a social survey (quantitative research) and a participatory rural appraisal - PRA- (qualitative research). The results from qualitative and quantitative research were integrated. The study focused on gender roles in agricultural activities; women’s access, control and share of income; and their perceptions and impressions of ways of improving their family livelihood. Theories and overviews on gender and development, gender inequality, feminism, and other issues, are summarized in the study. The study revealed that the roles played by women in the agricultural field, concentrated on seeding, planting, weeding, harvesting and packing; leaving operating machinery and marketing to men. In the field of animal production, women’s roles concentrated on milking, rather than cleaning or feeding. Handicrafts, however, were mainly women’s activities, with very little participation from men. Despite the major role women play in the provision of household income, the patriarchal culture in rural families leaves fewer opportunities for women to take part in decision-making and to have access to resources. To improve their livelihoods, rural families need training (informal) and education (formal) to help establish and develop businesses and income-generating activities using the small savings of local people and credit from the government.
- Gender and Rangelands’ Management in Tunisia with a focus on Medenine and Zaghouen “Partnerships for Improving Pastoral Policies” PIPPAuthor(s): Elhidri, Dhekra (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 2018-04-30)Date: 2018-04-30Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe purpose of this study is to explore gender roles, relations, constraints and opportunities in livestock production with a focus on rangelands. Overall, there is very little research conducted on gender issues (such as roles, relations, and responsibilities) in rangelands in Tunisia. This study is therefore an important step towards filling this research gap and particularly bridging gender issues across roles, decision-making power, participation in public life and entrepreneurship, access to resources, innovation adoption, and adaptation to climate change. Combining analysis of roles, decision-making power, adoption of innovation, adaptation to climate change, and access to resources with gender perspective helps draw a fuller picture of obstacles and gender gaps to rangelands use and management in rural areas and the ways women overcome them. The past decade has brought significant changes in rural areas of Tunisia which remain understudied, especially from a gender lens. These considerations are important for Tunisia as women increasingly participate in agriculture due to male out-migration.