This presentation was given by Cynthia McDougall (World Fish), as part of the Capacity Development Workshop hosted by the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on 7-8 December 2017 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the Platform is hosted (by KIT Royal Tropical Institute). Read more: http://gender.cgiar.org/gender_events/annual-scientific-conference-capacity-development-workshop-cgiar-collaborative-platform-gender-research/

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Gender & Breeding
Postdoctoral Fellow Initiative
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Hosted by
Partner
Collaboration of

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Gender & Breeding PDF Initiative
Purpose
To enhance
gender-responsive breeding
 Increase inter-disciplinary gender-related
knowledge and skills
 Within and across CRP breeding
programs
 Generate empirically-based insights into
common and unique aspects of breeding
 Trait preferences and needs
 Gender analysis
 Farmer to consumer

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Through…
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Joint cross-CRP study
based on PDF research
PDF capacity
development
Networking &
innovating

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Who are the PDFs?
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Bela - Product Profiling
and Gender in Cassava
Breeding: An integrated
approach
Lemlem - Gender sensitive
aquaculture for gender
equitable income, food and
nutritional outcomes in
Myanmar
Pricilla - Integrating
Gendered Knowledge and
Preferences into Banana
Breeding
Birhanu – Gender Dimensions
of fodder technology adoption
Juliet – Gender-sensitive
small ruminant breeding
Mamta - Gender-differentiated
end-user preferences for
genetically improved fish
Seamus - Gendered fish
preferences of resource poor
consumers and retailers in
Egypt and Zambia

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Who are the PDFs? With….
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Bela - Product Profiling
and Gender in Cassava
Breeding: An integrated
approach
Lemlem - Gender sensitive
aquaculture for gender
equitable income, food and
nutritional outcomes in
Myanmar
Pricilla - Integrating
Gendered Knowledge and
Preferences into Banana
Breeding
Birhanu – Gender Dimensions
of fodder technology adoption
Juliet – Gender-sensitive
small ruminant breeding
Mamta - Gender-differentiated
end-user preferences for
genetically improved fish
Seamus - Gendered fish
preferences of resource poor
consumers and retailers in
Egypt and Zambia
With:
Initiative host
team +
+
consultants,
breeders, gender
mentors++
Collaborating with
GBI

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Activities
2017
• Connecting and forming the
Initiative (Jan)
• Cross-CRP Study design
Workshop (August)
• Cap Dev planning (Aug -
present)
• Identifying potential tools
(Aug - present)
• Mixed Methods training (Dec)
2018
• Implementing cap dev
plans (mentoring, expert
input, training…)
• Writing & Writeshop for
cross-CRP article (Q2)
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Outputs
2017
Cross-CRP Study:
• Concept Note
Methods:
• Tool Navigator (BoP)
Cap Dev:
• PDF Cap dev plans
PDF’s own outputs:
• Lit reviews on gender & trait
preferences
• Blogs
2018
Methods:
• Webinar on Tools/Tool
Navigator (BoP)
Cross-CRP study:
• Peer review article
• Blog
• Webinar
PDF’s own outputs:
• Peer review articles
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+
Cross-CRP
article
2016
Momentum
CGIAR Postdoctoral
Fellowships include
Gender & Breeding
(~2017-2019)
Gender & Breeding PDF Initiative
2017
Collaborative Innovation & Design
Study Design
Workshop
Mixed
Methods
Training
CGIAR Gender & Breeding
Innovation Workshop
(Nairobi Oct 2017)
2018
Applying innovative design
+ collaborative analysis
Cap
Dev
GBI outputs
CGIAR Gender & Breeding
Innovation Workshop
(Nairobi Oct 2016)

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Thank you
Photo: Neil Palmer/IWMI