Gender in Agri-Hub Value Chains Survey for Working Group May 9, Addis Ababa

1. Survey Gender in Value Chains Agri-Hub: Working Group Gender in Value Chains May 9, Addis Ababa Wikke Tuinhout

2. Survey Objective of the survey: To determine what do members of the Agri-Hub need on gender in value chains, with the objective to determine what the Working Group can/should do for the network regarding Gender in Value Chains Survey: Brief survey to determine the need for information or support on gender in value chains. Response: 46 Persons from at least 35 organizations (not all respondents answered this question)

3. Result 1: organization • Organisations respondents are representing: Farmers organisation Company NGO/ Development Agency University / Knowledge Institute Consultancy / service prov. Bank / MFI Government

4. Result 2 – Working on Gender / Value Chain • The organisations: Works on Value Chains Works on Gender Integrate both areas

5. Result 3: Policy, Manuals and Tools • Organisations that have a: Strategy doc on gender Strategy doc on gender in VC Manual on gender Manual on gender in VC Tools on gender in VC

6. Result 3a: Policy, Manual and Tools Used Tools include: • Harvard framework • Gender analysis tooling (different per organization) • Tools by FAO • Oxfam • USAID Other comments for this question include: • Not sure which tools to apply • We are working currently on a strategy document • I am not fully aware of what is available • In my understanding [our tool] is not enough

7. Result 4: Learn more about • Respondents want to learn more about: Selection of Value Chain Gender analysis in VC Costs and benefits Gender sensitive planning Gender sensitive monitoring Theory

8. Result 4a: Learn more about: • How to develop a gender manual • Challenges and opportunities focused on VC in respective of gender • Gender role in food and nutritional security • Theory of gender in value chains • Profile of gender in value chain • Manual document on geder • Gender budgetting and auditing

9. Result 5: Practical experience • Respondents want to improve their skills on: How to convince colleagues How to mainstream in projects How to apply indicators for gender How to use gender manuals

10. Result 5a: Improve skills on • How to learn about practical tools and techniques (theory is familiar) • How to make gender issues the concern of all experts • How to develop gender indicator • How to give trainings with relation to gender • How to identify strategic areas • How to make gender beyond political consumption and bring real change

11. Result 6: Focus Working Group Agri-Hub • The Working Group should:: Average rating Share online documen-tation Organize coaching Organize quarterly meetings Be a thinktank on gender Focus on knowledge and theory Focus on skills and practice Give advice to network

12. Result 6a: The Agri-hub should focus on • Stakeholder coordination • Conduct study(assignment) on overall gender condition • Practical chaining • Experience sharing • Improve Agri-Hub • Practical effort lacks, other than serving for fund raising – a real intervention should me made to improve the disparity on account of gender • Interested in theory, skill and practice

13. Result 7: Key statements on Agri-Hub • Play a catlytic role • Agri-Hub should provide training advice and consultancy services to women • Popularize the best way to engage women and youth farmers in different VCs • Share guiding documents online • Organize practical sessions • Conduct different research studies on gaps of gender considerations • Focus on practical steps to address gender problems • Stress on how to empower women in economy and skill development • Training, awareness and communication

14. Result 7: Key statements on Agri-Hub (2) • Enhance gender mainstreaming, each member should develop policies and actual experience from implementing • Develop a manual • Provide organizations with knowledge, skills and tools • Search best practices and experiences (documents and meetings) • Agri-Hub must reach grass root level organisations • Should share online documents • Knowledge and skill transfer • Creating a strong network across organisations who are working on gender in agricultural value chains

15. Conclusions • A diversity of people and experiences • A diversity of wishes, covering everything from training, via exchange of experiences to documentation and to becoming a thinktank • Overall proposal: let us to built up the skills, knowledge and experience of the Working Group in these steps: • Training to create a common ground and discuss tools. • Participating organizations present their case and challenges. • Coaches discuss approach on each organisation. • Coaching of organisations/programs. • Experience sharing event(s). • Workshop for participants to present their results. • Coach(es) to make a publication in local language(s).

16. Information on support track Objective / results: • Increase basic level of understanding & knowledge of available tools by training • Improve actual cases (at different organisations) by coaching • Improve the tools by using them on cases • Share all the lessons learned by making an (Amharic) practical publication

17. Ongoing developments • Agri-ProFocus is developing a wider support program for Gender in Value Chains • Also including international experience sharing in the long run Funding: • Funding for international coach in this program is available • Looking for coaches / trainers – SNV will contribute • Other funding will be needed

18. Who will join? • Are you (your organisation) interested in joining this track? • Do you know organisations who might want to join? • Can you contribute to the program? • What

19. Discussion about: 3 Groups: • Challenges to realize support track • Guidelines for final publication (result of support track) • Terms of Reference WG and other initiatives of WG