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ICRISAT-MIP Activities 32-33 in SA, WCA, ESA. Research questions. Which upgrading options? How inclusive? How to empower women? Revised proposal submitted January 2013 Second revision submitted July 2013. Outputs achieved under Activities 32-33 in SA.
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ICRISAT-MIP Activities 32-33 in SA, WCA, ESA
Research questions • Which upgrading options? • How inclusive? • How to empower women? • Revised proposal submitted January 2013 • Second revision submitted July 2013
Outputs achieved under Activities 32-33 in SA • Value chain mapping surveys of ICRISAT’s mandate crops) in 6 states completed (2012) • Development and pretesting of survey instruments (2012) • Interviews with key value chain actors across commodities (2012) • Designed conjoint study to understand consumer preferences for RTU products of sorghum • Development survey instruments for the study
Outputs achieved under Activities 31-33 in WCA • Activity # 31 Assessing contractual preferences • Lessons learned from monitoring formal contracts between processors and grain producers already initiated under CRP 36 and CRP 35. • Stakeholder workshop to derive contract attributes in CRP2 • Design of contract choice experiment based on attributes identified in CRP2 • Survey instruments developed and validated in CRP2 • Activity #32-33 Impact of Mechanization • SWOT analysis to identify constraints limiting the efficiency of groundnut value chain in Niger and upgrading options in CRP2 • Multi-site randomized design with upgrading options as treatments to assess its impacts on women well-being in CRP2
Outputs achieved under Activities 32-33 in ESA • Inclusion, sorghum beer Kenya • Evaluation of three inclusive business models in ESA (2012) • Interviewed key value chain actors (Smart Logistics, EABL) (2012) • Grower survey Kitui district of 15 Smart Logistics groups, from 3 clusters with control group of growers from same locations. N=300 (June 2013). • Gender equity, groundnuts, Zambia • Analysis of baseline survey (2012) • Economic evaluation of groundnut shellers (2012) • Scoping studies (2012, 2013)
Methodology development:Inclusiveness index (SA) • Identify indicators for measure of inclusiveness • Design methodology to construct the index which include discriminant function/factor analysis/weighting methods • Application and validating the concept of inclusion • Identify factors that contribute to a more equitable index ie to move closer to equality • Frame strategies around the factors to improve income/livelihood of small scale producers • Applied to pearl millet for poultry feed value chain
Methodology development, WCA Example of contract choice card
Methodology development: comparing upgrading options (WCA) • Identify upgrading options that reduce transaction costs along the groundnut value chain in Niger • Test various upgrading options as treatments or interventions using randomized or quasi experimental designs • Measure treatment effects • Measure and assess impacts on women’s income and labour use by using regression discontinuity, matching and double difference methods
Methodology development:Gender Equity Toolbox (ESA) • Toolbox to promote gender equity in commercialisation of staple foodcrops • Gendered value chain mapping • Gendered activity profile for value chain functions • Gendered resource profile for value chain functions • Gender equity model to predict gender impacts of value chain upgrading (eg. machine shellers) • Applied to groundnuts in Zambia
Linkages with other CRPs • CRP 3.6 (sorghum RTU, pearl millet, sorghum beer) • CRP 3.5 (groundnuts)
Next steps in SA • Organize brainstorm session to fine-tune list of indicators to measure inclusiveness and design methodology -2013 • Application to two agricultural commodities (pearl millet and chickpea) in India-2013 • Administer surveys to compile data-2014 • Analyze data to understand factors that contribute to a more equitable index-2014 • Propose suitable strategies to make value chain more inclusive-2014 • Explore the possibility of validating the concept in other regions and other commodity CRP’s
Next steps in WCA • Baseline study: August-December 2013 • Monitoring of interventions: January-May 2014 • Evaluation study: June-November 2014
Next steps in ESA • Sorghum beer • Abstract accepted for EAAE Conference, September 2013 • “Inclusion” re-conceptualised for SSA context (high levels of collective action, crop-specific gender roles, and FHHs) • “Inclusion” is determined by development process that varies by region • Gender equity toolbox • Stakeholder workshop for value chain mapping and identification of upgrading options (October 2013) • Design and implementation of gendered activity and resource profiles (by Dec 2013) • Testing of upgrading options (May-August 2014) • Development of household model for gender impacts • Evaluation of upgrading options using household model (by Dec 2014)