Part of the collection of posters developed for CGIAR Knowledge Day, Nairobi, 5 November 2013

1. CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food secure future
Gender Research in
Roots, Tubers and Bananas
Vision
Both men and women benefit from science and technology
interventions developed by the research team and its
partners through having equitable access to knowledge,
capacity building, and market opportunities.
Strategy
Integration of gender into processes and tools to enhance gender
responsive research outcomes, combined with:
• Analysis of the gendered nature of RTB production, postproduction and consumption leading to gender
transformation
• Systematic measurement of progress towards gender impact
as integral part of the Program-level M&E
Elements of Theory of Change:
Research
Products
Research
Outcomes
Engendered
framework that
guides development
of innovative RTB
seed systems
Equitable access by
women and men to high
quality planting material
with gender-appropriate
delivery systems
Tools and methods for
more inclusive value
chain development
(with PIM)
Ensure that both men
and women
participate as RTB
partners
Intermediate
Development
Outcomes
SLOs
Women and men
farmers increase yields
of RTB crops
Increased food
security
Innovation platforms
with gender equity
Inclusive RTB market
chains improve gender
equity in the
distribution of benefits
New policies favor
gender-transformative
outcomes
Challenges:
 Lack of clarity about budgets allocated to gender
Solutions:
 Closer cooperation between gender focal points, center focal points
to allow for greater transparency
 Implementation of gender research projects with dedicated budgets
 Thinly-spread gender team and limited gender skills among researchers
Solutions:
 New staff for gender work in RTB in 2013
 Gender capacity-strengthening workshops underway in three
continents:
Reduced poverty
Example of current action:
Reviewing seed systems with a gender lens
 Gender analysis of each stakeholder
 Analysis of potential impact of changes in seed systems on
gender relations
Developing gender lens for seed systems research with Mama
SASHA in Kenya
As part of a unique health
and agriculture integrated
intervention, the
Sweetpotato Action for
Security and Health in
Africa (SASHA)
implemented a voucherbased seed distribution
system for orange-fleshed
sweetpotato (OFSP)
cultivation by pregnant and
lactating women. A newly multistakeholder framework for
improving seed systems will be adapted using a gender lens to
improve efficiency and equity.
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October 2013
Research is beginning to
understand how growing OFSP
enhances women’s
contribution to household food
and nutrition security, income
generation, while influencing
gender roles and relationships
within and outside households.
Improved nutrition
and health
Increased investment in
integrated and strategic
gender research
Promoting gender
transformative strategy with
OFSP in Bangladesh
Horticulture Project
RTB researchers and Colombian farmers participated in the Cali workshop (8-10 October 2013)
Partnerships
 Partnerships essential for reaching intermediate development outcomes,
across RTB and especially with external development actors.
 Mapping of networks of linkages between RTB researchers and different
kinds of organizations, disciplines and regions.
 The sub-network below shows the extent of linkages maintained among
women researchers with different disciplines and types of organizations
(nodes colour-coded by discipline, eg BROWN=plant breeding, BLUE=agronomy).
See ILAC Report: http://bit.ly/1a2Af9z
Key contact: Ms. Netsayi Noris Mudege  RTB Gender Research Coordinator  n.mudege@cgiar.org
www.rtb.cgiar.org/gender