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Tools for Evidence and Decision-making on Gender-SAI Interactions

Introduction• SAI interventions require farmers to make changes in their agricultural

practices. These practices are embedded in broader gender roles andrelations (including intersections with youth).

• Decision-makers need evidence on interactions between gender andSAI to achieve equitable benefits from projects and investments.

• In a needs’ assessment, decision-makers in Malawi and Ghanarecommended tools grounded in principles of Participatory Action andLearning. These tools go beyond quantitative measurement to enhanceunderstanding of social contexts and impacts. They may be used in atime- and cost-efficient manner.

Focus on Labour Roles: Activity ProfileActivity profiles record the gendered division of labour. They may beestablished through individual interviews or gender-separate focus groupdiscussions. For analysis, profiles are collated. Gender and regionaldifferences are taken into account.

Contents of Decision-makers’ Guide

• What is inclusive sustainable agricultural intensification?

• Gender and youth analysis tools• Gender and youth balance tree• Participatory mapping• Time allocation tools• Activity profiles and drudgery scores• Gender and youth specific value chain analysis• Etc.

• Contextualization of tools

• Tools for decision-making• Multivoting• T-Chart• SWOT Analysis• Decision-matrix• Etc.

Fig. 1: Testing a participatory tool with female farmers in Babati, Tanzania.

Focus on Labour Burden: Drudgery

ScoresThis tool allows measuring and comparing the perceived drudgery involvedin two or more agricultural practices (for instance local practice versusSAI practice). Since labour roles may differ between women and men, it isimportant to collect data in gender-separate groups.

Fig. 3: Drudgery score comparing maize monocropping with cowpea living

mulch, Gia, Upper East, Ghana, focus group discussion with male farmers

Fig. 2: Activity profile for maize leaf stripping, Nyangua, Upper East, Ghana,

focus group discussion with female farmers

Further SourcesSustainable Intensification Assessment Frameworkhttps://sitoolkit.comGender Analysis in Farming Systems and Action Researchhttps://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/100149

1International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Tanzania; 2Taylor University, USA

SAIRLA Research Project: Tools for Equity in SAI (Malawi and Ghana)

Gundula Fischer1 and Philip Grabowski2