Achieving improve accessscale partnerships security and
to
proof of toAR4D for food foods
Mobilizing
critical animal-source
poverty reduction
Gender in the livestock and fish research
program
Kathleen Colverson
Tom Randolph
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
GCARD 2 Pre-Conference Meeting
Gender Strategy Meeting
Punta de Este, November 29-30,October 2012
Nairobi, Uruguay, 27 2012

Background to the Livestock and Fish Program
 Nearly a billion people rely on livestock and
aquaculture in small-scale production and
marketing systems for their livelihoods
 Small farms responsible for >50% of livestock
production across much of Africa and Asia
 Women perform 30-80% of agricultural work on
smallholder farms

More evidence for the Program
 Estimates for smallholders in Africa and Latin
America (Wiggins 2012; Dorward 2009) :
1/3 Will ‘step up’ to become
commercial farmers
1/3 Will ‘step out’ and work for other,
go to the city
1/3 Could go either way
 Can 2/3 be enabled to develop into commercial
producers, accumulate capital and transition out of
agriculture?
 deeper rural economic growth
 avoid social disruption
(Johnston et al. 1995)

Goal
More milk, meat and fish by and for the poor
To sustainably increase the productivity of
small-scale livestock and fish systems to
increase the availability and affordability of
animal-source foods for poor consumers and,
in doing so, reduce poverty through greater
participation by the poor along the whole value
chains for animal-source foods.

Approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact
#1: Addressing the whole value chain
#2+3: Working directly to impact at scale with development partners
R4D integrated to transform selected value chains
In targeted commodities and countries.
Consumers
Major intervention with development partners
Value chain development team + research partners
Strategic L&F CRP Cross-cutting Platforms
• Technology Generation
• Market Innovation
• Targeting & Impact
INTERVENTIONS TO GLOBAL RESEARCH
SCALE OUT REGIONALLY PUBLIC GOODS

#4 Focus, focus, focus!
Working in only 9 target value chains
SHEEP &
GOATS
AQUACULTURE
PIGS
DAIRY

VERY!!!!
Applause!

 All CG centers began developing CRP’s in 2010
 ILRI and partners developed the program
together – approved January 2012
 Gender strategy for the program developed in
2011, last draft completed June 2012
 New Team Leader for PGI at ILRI hired
September 1, 2012 – resumed work on strategy
and logframe
 Value chain toolkits/checklists developed and
reviewed for gender integration – November,
2012

 Gender Analysis:
 Gendered value chain analysis of livestock and
fish value chains
 Gender analysis of livestock and aquaculture
systems, identifying the roles, constraints and
opportunities for men, women and poor
 Gender Mainstreaming:
 Development of methods /approaches and
identification of strategies to address gender in
value chain development, technology
development, delivery and adaptation and
marketing

Capacity Building:
 Develop the skills/capacity of program staff
and partners to identify and address gender
issues in the development of livestock and
fish value chains

 Discuss and agree on revised text for gender
strategy
 Discuss and agree on logframe with clear
outcomes, outputs, milestones, timeline and
draft budget/staffing
 Understand how gender is integrated in value
chain work
 Have fun and get to know each other!