Ethiopia Agricultural Growth Program experiences in

the gender perspective

Tsehaynesh Kidane

Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Workshop and Planning Meeting

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-18 October 2013

Importance of the presentation

Expected output of the presentation

Overview of AGP

Implementation structure of AGP

Major gender focused activities

Achievements of AGP in the gender perspective• Established CIGs & IGs by group type

• Trainees on capacity building training

• Participants on experience sharing programs

• Sample pictures of some group business types & others

Challenges

• To share some of the basic experiences of the program

in the gender perspective.

Expected out put of presentation

• Basic gender related experiences should be shared

among participants.

Expected out put of the presentation

Government program,

Launched on March 25, 2011,

One pillar of Agricultural Development,

It’s life time is 5 Years,

It has demand-driven approach,

Designed under the umbrella of government

policy and strategies:

(ADLI, RDPS, CAADP, GTP, etc.)

to increase agricultural productivity and market

access for key crops and livestock products in

targeted woredas with increased participation of

women and youth.

increase agricultural productivity and market access

increase participation of women and youth

AGP has being implemented in 4 regional states:Oromiya,

Amahara,

SNNPR &

Tigray

AGP started its implementation in 84 districts, for this

year, there is a chance to reach 12 additional districts.

2108 Kebeles

2,052,011 HHs

1. Agricultural Production & Commercialization

1.1. Institutional Strengthening & Development

1.2. Scaling up of best practices

1.3. Market & Agribusiness Development

2. Small Scale Rural Infrastructure Development & Management

2.1. Small Scale Agri. Water Development & Management

2,2. Small Scale Market Infrastructure Development & Management

3. Program Management & Institutional Arrangement, M & E

3.1. Program Management & Institutional Arrangement

3.2. Monitoring & Evaluation

Across all major & sub components, AGP: Gives space for women to participate & have a voice in sub project

selection & decisions to be made,

Built knowledge on gender & youth issues,

Enhance women and youth leadership skills,

Ensure DAs & SMSs are able to serve women farmers,

Engage & give attention to women & youth in all steps of component

activities,

Build up capacity of women and youth to form Common Interest

Groups (CIGs) and Innovative Groups (IGs) and so on.

On establishment of CIGs, AGP set target: Women 32% Youth 34% Mixed 34%

On establishment of IGs, AGP set target: Women 40% Youth 40% Mixed 20%

In mixed group, a minimum of 30% should be female farmers.

Any committee should represent Male & Female farmers Eg. – WUAs, WUCs,

Based on gender division of labor; 100% of FHHs & a minimum of 30% ofwomen in MHHs should participate & benefit from different training,experience sharing programs & so on.

AGP has being implemented through the existing government structures, To Facilitate & Coordinate its component activities, AGP has:

FAGP-CUGender specialists

RAGP-CU

Gender focal person in each IPs MoA (WAD) & Regional Bureau of Agriculture,

Federal, Regional & District Cooperatives,

Regional Women’s Affaires Bureau,

District Agricultural Office,

District Women’s Affaires Office.

AGP gender mainstreaming guideline has developed & orientation on

the guideline has been conducted,

Federal 24 ( 12 female)

Regions 622 ( 201 female)

woredas 3942 ( 1430 female, (218 youth))

Kebeles 1999 ( 869 female)

To show directions how to incorporate gender issues in all AGP

major & sub component activities,

Training has been conducted on gender related topics, women &

youth development package, HTPs and so on,

Region 520 ( 181 female)

Woreda 639 ( 265 female)

To enhance experts understanding on gender related topics,

To show direction how to link women & youth packages with AGP

component activities,

To enhance the understanding of participants on the negative effects of

HTPs on development.

Experience sharing program has been conducted

Federal level 46 ( 17 female)

District 104 ( 27 female)

to visit, share & discuss how some best practices andexperiences of agro processing businesses;

- Start and expand,

- Challenges they faced and how they tackle these challenges,

- Benefits which the group members have got and so on.

Consultative meeting has been conducted at various levels

Federal 51 ( 17 female) Regional 498 ( 139 female) District 230 ( 115 female) Kebele 368 (226 male, 142 female, (Youth 82))

To reach on common understanding among AGP IPs,To share the best experiences of IPs, To strengthen networking among stakeholders at all levels,To understand the roles & responsibilities of each IPs.

Performance report of AGP in the perspective of gender has

been prepared

- To assess and analyze the performance report of the program in

relation to gender,

- To suggest and recommend the possible solutions.

CIGs & IGs assessment carried out in AGP regions

- To assess the performance and challenges of CIGs & IGs in relevance to the overall

AGP objective & propose practical recommendations to address key challenges.

Supportive supervision has been conducted at various levels.

- To assess the strength, weakness and challenges manifested during the

implementation of component activities

- To suggest the possible solutions and so on.

Number of established CIGs

Group type Planned Achieved

WIGs 32% 31%

YIGs 34% 32%

MIGs 34% 37%

Total number of established groups are 6611

Total group members are 97554

(M=59% , F= 41%)

Total members of YIGs are

29667

Total members of MIGs are

38456

Total number of IGs are 1496

Total members of IGs are 23024(M=54% , F= 46)

Number of established IGs

Group type Planned Achieved

WIGs 40% 35%

YIGs 40% 38%

MIGs 20% 27%

Total member of YIGs are 9523 Total member of MIGs are 58190

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Experts DAs Farmers

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11.4

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13.7

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Experts DAs Farmers

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Male Female

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WIGs organized on poultry production found in SNNPRWIGs organized on potato seed multiplication found in

SNNPR

WIGs organized on poultry production found in Amhara region

WIG Organized on dairy production

MIGs organized on fish production

YIGs organized on poultry production

(13 & 2)

Turnover of gender specialists,

In some Districts, gender experts not assigned in the Agricultural

Offices,

Some of the gender experts are busy with other activities,

Inadequate supportive supervision by most of IAs,

Lack of strong Integration and Cooperation among IAs,

Inadequate sex disaggregated data from some IAs,

Inadequate women appropriate technologies at FTC level.

Limited participation of female farmers in most of program component

activities.