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The Gender and Breeding
Initiative
G r a h a m T h i e l e , C y n t h i a D o n o v a n a n d V i v i a n P o l a r

CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative
• Overlooking gender differences and traits important
to women: aggravate household food insecurity and
poverty
• Priorities that women and men assign to genetically
determined traits.
• Well targeted product (variety) profiles: greater
adoption of improved varieties and greater impact.

Goals
• Strategy for gender-responsive breeding
with practical approaches and tools.
• Collaboration and integration among plant
and animal breeders and social scientists
G.Smith/CIAT

CGIAR Gender and Breeding Initiative
• Coordination:
• Linking with:
G.Smith/CIAT
Collaborative
Platform for
Gender Research
CGIAR centers
CGIAR Research Programs

What have we done?
Active Websites with blogs:
http://www.rtb.cgiar.org/gender-
breeding-initiative/
3 dynamic webinars including 1
with gender platform!
https://youtu.be/rTb9B02SUBw
G.Smith/CIAT

Innovation Workshop on Gender-
Responsive Breeding
• .
• Dynamic engagement of gender & breeding PDFs

Outputs
Working documents:
1. Gender and social targeting:
segmenting-targeting
positioning
2. Setting breeding objectives
and trait prioritization
3. Case studies gender &
breeding programs
Briefs:
1. Decision points for gender-
responsive breeding
2. Uptake Pathways
3. Resource mobilization
G.Smith/CIAT

Decision checklist: gender
responsive breeding
• Information?
• Decisions?
• Gender
responsive
results?

Next steps?
• Meeting: Workshop Organizing Committee
• Options to carry over funding: Systems Office
• Sustain initiative 2018
• Resource mobilization
• Linkage with continued PDFs support