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WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE. April 16, 2012. Summary. IDEA-NEW Gender involvement in Agriculture Brief overview of activities Challenges Lessons Learned. Women in Agriculture Green houses Kitchen Gardens Plug seedling production Fruit sapling and forestry seedling production in nurseries

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WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

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  1. WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE April 16, 2012

  2. Summary • IDEA-NEW Gender involvement in Agriculture • Brief overview of activities • Challenges • Lessons Learned

  3. Women in Agriculture • Green houses • Kitchen Gardens • Plug seedling production • Fruit sapling and forestry seedling production in nurseries • Poultry ( Broiler & Layer) • Capacity Building Activities (trainings)

  4. Women Owned Greenhouses • Off season vegetable productions • Citrus seedling production • Training Kitchen Garden • Home based vegetable productions • Training

  5. Plug seedling production • Production of seedling on commercial base • Capacity building Nurseries • Fruit sapling production • Forestry seedling production • Ornamental plants production

  6. Women home based poultry • Table eggs production • Trainings in bio security & disease management

  7. Women Capacity Building activities • Youth Business skills training (Taraqi Saba) • English and Computer skills training Internship program • To strengthen capacities and increase exposure for final-year female students in the university. GIRoA/ DoWA Capacity Building • Six months English and computer skills training to DoWA staff. • Supported DoWA for starting Women’s Magazine( Saloo)

  8. Method to Select women beneficiaries • Lists of vulnerable women provided by the DoWA • Discussions with NGOs and local associations, e.g. handicraft and midwife association. • Discussions with women Shura at the district level • Household surveys carried out by our gender team

  9. Challenges • Recruitment of qualified staff • Security - educated women are a target for insurgents • Finding balance between publicizing successes and keeping a low profile. • Identifying relevant beneficiaries/partners in value chain activities • Working with communities in restricted areas (access / cultural norms)

  10. Lessons Learned • Able to build up trust from the community due to a long history of the project in region, IDEA-NEW is seen as a trusted, culturally sensitive program so we are able to get female participation • Integrating female staff into IDEA-NEW Program Units is critical for success • Focus on businesses that provide employment or income generating opportunities for women • Initial focus has been solely on women owned businesses in Microenterprise—which severely limited the ability to find relevant beneficiaries • Trainings (such as Taraqi Saba) are easiest programs to scale up and reach large number of female beneficiaries.

  11. Thank You

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