What is the Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services project and why is it in Zambia? Six team members from the USAID-funded Feed the Future initiative - formally called INGENAES - met with over 25 organizations based all over Zambia including ministries involved in extension, local and international NGOs, private sector organizations implementing USAID projects as well as their own ventures, local think tanks and universities, and research centers. The team worked with stakeholders to identify gaps and challenges faced in agricultural extension in improving gender and nutrition outcomes. At the stakeholder workshop, representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, PROFIT+, USAID, and NGOs outlined potential activities and collaboration in four key Action Areas of the INGENAES project. Together, we identified the most important issues that local practitioners would like to received technical assistance with, be trained in, or see as needing deeper investigation. In the coming weeks we are working out the details of how to address those needs and interests collaboratively.

1. INGENAES Zambia Stakeholder Workshop
A
Global
Ini+a+ve
funded
through
Feed
the
Future
Lusaka,
Zambia
March
17,
2015

2. What
is
INGENAES?
Photo:
Dan
Quinn,
HorEculture
InnovaEon
Lab
GOAL
is
to
reduce
gender
gaps
in
agriculture,
increase
empowerment
of
women
farmers,
and
improve
the
integraEon
of
and
aOenEon
to
gender
and
nutriEon,
both
in
and
through
agricultural
extension
and
advisory
services
² Draw
on
experEse
from
consorEum
of
UC
Davis,
U
Florida,
U
Illinois
and
Cultural
PracEce
LCC
² Working
with
agriculture
stakeholders
in
a
collaboraEve
process
² Leveraging
ongoing
acEviEes
² US
$
7
million
²
In
8
countries
²
September
2014
to
January
2018.

3. I.
Build
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on
sensi+ve
ins+tu+ons
II.
Replicate
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on
sensi+ve
service
delivery
mechanisms
III.
Promote
dissemina+on
of
technologies
that
enhance
women’s
produc+vity
and
improve
nutri+onal
outcomes
IV.
Apply
gender-­‐
appropriate
and
nutri+on-­‐sensi+ve
approaches
and
tools
Increased
access
to
informaEon
and
training
for
women
farmers
Increased
access
to
appropriate
technologies
and
inputs
by
women
farmers
Improved
knowledge
about
good
nutriEon
by
men
and
women
Increased
agricultural
producEvity
and
profitability
Increased
empowerment
of
women
farmers
Increased
women’s
income
Improved
nutriEon
for
all
household
members
INGENAES
Conceptual
Framework
ACTION
AREAS
INGENAES
Leveraged
Impact
INGENAES
InsEtuEonal
Impact

4. Why
are
we
here?
Photo:
Dan
Quinn,
HorEculture
InnovaEon
Lab
² USAID/Zambia
invitaEon
and
acceptance
for
first
round
of
countries
² The
Zambia
Feed
the
Future
program
has
clear
gender
and
nutriEon
objecEves
² Need
in
Zambia
for
improved
gender
and
nutriEon
outcomes
² Zambia
demonstrates
a
willingness
to
improve
gender
and
nutriEon
outcomes

5. WHOM have we listened to …
Public
sector
NGOs
Private
Sector
Research
USAID
and
other
donors

6. WHY are you here?
Photo:
Dan
Quinn,
HorEculture
InnovaEon
Lab
What
are
the
NEEDS
for
be/er
integra3on
of
gender
and
nutri3on
within
agricultural
extension?
What
are
the
GAPS?
What
are
the
OPPORTUNITIES?
OUTCOME
=
Priori+zed
list
of
ac+vi+es
and
+meline
of
INGENAES
engagement
with
partners
in
Zambia

7. What
are
we
aiming
for?
Outcomes
Increased
access
to
informa+on
and
training
for
women
farmers
Increased
access
to
appropriate
technologies
and
inputs
for
women
farmers
Improved
nutri+on
knowledge
by
men
and
women
Empowering
Women
and
Engaging
Men

8. What
we
heard
Need
increased
access
to
informa+on
and
training
for
women
farmers
Challenges:
• Public
extension
system
is
overextended
• Technical
informaEon
doesn’t
reach
all
smallholders,
especially
women
• Government
supports
pluralisEc
extension
systems
but
is
communicaEon
effecEve?
Gaps:
• Need
for
consistent
and
efficient
messaging
across
both
nutriEon
and
gender-­‐
related
extension
• Need
addiEonal
training
for
extension
agents
(public,
private
and
NGO)
on
nutriEon
and
gender
awareness
and
analysis
• Available
experEse
but
limited
knowledge
sharing
across
extension
efforts

9. What
we
heard
Need
increased
access
to
appropriate
technologies
and
inputs
for
women
farmers
Challenges:
• Many
successful
producEon
and
processing
technologies
but
unclear
how
technology
impacts
gender
roles
and
household
Eme/labor
allocaEon
• Women
dominant/missing
in
some
agriculture
value
chain
linkages,
e.g.
markeEng,
processing
• Not
clear
what
technologies
are
accessible
to
women
and
what
factors
influence
uptake
of
new
technology
Gaps:
• Assessment
of
benefits
and
costs
of
labor
saving
and
other
technologies
in
terms
of
gender
and
nutriEon
outcomes
• Assessment
of
technology
and
knowledge
availability
across
value
chains
for
men
and
women
• Understanding
the
unintended
consequences
of
technological
intervenEons

10. What
we
heard
Need
to
improve
and
refine
nutri+on
informa+on
for
men
and
women
Challenges:
• High
prevalence
of
stunEng
despite
reasonable
adopEon
of
essenEal
nutriEon
acEons
• Overburdened
community
health
and
nutriEon
officers/agents
• Limited
standardized
professional
training
in
nutriEon
Gaps:
• Need
for
consistent,
persistent
and
efficient
messages
about
nutriEon
• Need
for
beOer
informaEon
and
training
on
nutriEon,
hygiene,
and
health
linkages
• Need
more
refined
assessments
of
household
producEon
and
consumpEon
and
their
relaEonship
to
nutriEon
outcomes

11. Ac+on
areas
to
achieve
outcomes
I.
Build
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on
sensi+ve
ins+tu+ons
II.
Replicate
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on
sensi+ve
service
delivery
mechanisms
III.
Disseminate
technologies
that
enhance
women’s
produc+vity
and
improve
nutri+onal
outcomes
IV.
Apply
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on-­‐
sensi+ve
approaches
and
tools

12. I.
Build
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on
sensi+ve
INSTITUTIONS
What
INGENAES
could
do
• Enhance
gender
and
nutriEon
awareness
by
strengthening
partnerships
and
mentoring
rela+onships
between
stakeholders
and
technical
experts
• Help
develop
technical
tools
and
basic
and/or
targeted
ac+on-­‐oriented
gender
&
nutriEon
trainings
for
decision-­‐makers
at
naEonal,
provincial
and
district-­‐levels
• Promote
coordina+on
and
informa+on
sharing
by
developing
and
strengthening
coordinaEon
commiOees
involving
governmental,
NGOs,
and
private
sector
actors

13. II.
Replicate
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on
sensi+ve
SERVICE
DELIVERY
mechanisms
What
INGENAES
could
do
• Facilitate
links
among
partners
to
exchange
knowledge
and
scale
proven
strategies
in
new
locaEons
or
on
new
topics
• Help
harmonize
extension
messaging,
curricula,
and
agenda
• Use
parEcipatory
methods
to
develop
AES
trainings
and/or
workshops
to
promote
gender
and
nutri+on
among
smallholders
and
communiEes

14. III.
Disseminate
TECHNOLOGIES
that
enhance
women’s
produc+vity
and
improve
nutri+onal
outcomes
What
INGENAES
could
do
• IdenEfy
ways
to
promote
gender
and
nutri+on
as
"good
for
business"
to
enEce
private
sector
involvement
• IdenEfy
and
promote
appropriate
technologies
specific
to
women
farmers
• Explore
unintended
+me
and
labor
consequences
of
innovaEons
in
agriculture,
gender,
and
nutriEon

15. IV.
Apply
gender-­‐
responsive
and
nutri+on-­‐sensi+ve
EXTENSION
APPROACHES
and
TOOLS
What
INGENAES
could
do
• Support
and
facilitate
creaEon
of
teaching
tools
and
materials
tailored
to
Zambian
women
and
men
• Map
gendered
pathways
between
food
producEon
and
nutriEon
as
a
teaching
tool
• Assess
gender
and
nutriEonal
impacts
of
mobile/video/radio
messaging

16. What
are
WE
doing
today?
Now
we
want
to
validate
and
prioriEze
acEviEes
and
iniEate
a
joint
workplan,
We
listened,
That
integrates
gender
and
nutriEon
into
agriculture
extension
services.

17. Questions?

18. Break out into small groups à
Review, revise, and prioritize a set of key questions
under each of INGENAES’ four Action Areas.
1. Review
quesEons
iniEally
developed
by
the
INGENAES
team
and
those
collected
in
interviews
conducted
with
partners
in
Zambia.
2. Add
any
new
quesEons
and/or
delete
quesEons
that
do
not
apply
to
Zambia
or
seem
less
relevant.
3. Discuss
which
are
the
most
important
quesEons
to
be
addressed
and
rank
them.
4. Report
their
results
to
plenary
on
pieces
of
paper
(go
on
sEcky
wall)
5. Microdot
voEng

19. 1. Brainstorm
new
and
review/revise
stakeholder
key
ac+vi+es
for
each
acEon
area
aligned
with
associated
quesEons
2. PrioriEze
key
ac+vi+es
3. Report
their
results
to
plenary
on
pieces
of
paper
(go
on
sEcky
wall)
4. Microdot
voEng
The
ac+vi+es
should
be
those
that
can
help
local
organiza+ons
to
achieve
their
goals
through
partnering
with
INGENAES.
Regroup

20. Next Steps

21. Timeline for Zambia
Photo:
Dan
Quinn,
HorEculture
InnovaEon
Lab

22. Disclaimer
This
presenta1on
was
made
possible
by
the
generous
support
of
the
American
people
through
the
United
States
Agency
for
Interna1onal
Development,
USAID.
The
contents
are
the
responsibility
of
the
author(s)
and
do
not
necessarily
reflect
the
views
of
USAID
or
the
United
States
Government.