HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: Thinking about Education for Gender-Responsive Agriculture “ Symposium on Agricultural Training and Education in Developing Countries”

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HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: Thinking about Education for Gender-Responsive Agriculture “ Symposium on Agricultural Training and Education in Developing Countries” Innovation for Agricultural Training and Education (innovATE) Project Fairfax, VA September 18, 2013 Deborah Rubin, Ph.D.

Principles Experiential knowledge is not enough –Combining theory-based study in the classroom WITH field- based engagement with gender issues is necessary Acknowledge the value of experience and resist giving the gender work to the youngest, least experienced, usually least expensive candidate Support a 2 nd or 3 rd generation research agenda on gender and agricultural development to achieve greater theoretical sophistication in our theories of gender Build attention to gender issues into impact pathways and theories of change Put the unitary model of the household to bed 2

How Much is Enough? How many men and women students? How many tenured men and women faculty? How many degree programs? How much course work? How many extension agents are needed to reach how many women farmers? How many gender trainings and how long do they need to be? 3 How much “expertise” do you need to achieve a gender-responsive agriculture?

Let’s be Honest: Gender Disparities in the Academy 4 In the US: Women faculty continue to be under- represented, earn less, and be promoted less frequently to senior ranks than men. Harvard Business School: 19 tenured women; 76 tenured men (20%). 33:120 (21 %) in the pipeline. Upwards in ag sciences  1% in 1966 to 36% in 2005 of all PhD degrees  but slower than other sciences. In Sub-Saharan Africa: Women’s representation among staff of university and agricultural research institutions ranges from <10% (e.g., Guinea, Ethiopia) to  40% (S Africa)

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6 US (sort of) fits here at 36%, between Eritrea and Mauritius

Courses and Degree Programs on Gender and Agricultural Development  Not enough!  No systematic curriculum to build from basic to advanced knowledge Promising efforts in short courses:  Foundations providing support for developing a certificate short course in gender-responsive agricultural technology development, coordinated with US and African universities  E-Course development  World Bank’s Innovation Lab on Gender

The Gender Dimensions Framework for Gender Analysis Access to Resources Knowledge, Beliefs, and Perceptions Practices and Participation Laws, Legal Rights, Policies, and Institutions Power relations are embedded in each dimension. Integrating Gender into Agricultural Value Chains (INGIA-VC) example of linking a data collection process with an analytical methodology and a solution-oriented workplan

What are the current state of gender relations and gender disparities and how will it affect your work/project? How will your project affect the future state of gender relations and gender disparities? 9 USAID expectations for gender- informed analysis

Gender Integration Skills Needed Ability to recognize key gender issues in ag development programming Knowledge of where to find existing gender information to support activities Ability to recognize when a gender analysis might help and if so, what type. Knowledge of how to locate gender expertise in the organization (or elsewhere) when needed Ability to develop & monitor gender-related indicators for ag programs. Ability to develop a scope of work for a gender consultant or gender- related responsibilities for other consultants. Capacity to address gender when responding to an RFP/RFA/APS, etc. Capacity to address gender issues when involved in developing/reviewing proposals. Capacity to evaluate gender-related skills of prospective employees and of stakeholder groups Capacity to use data to develop practical, gender-sensitive program strategies that empower women and men. 10

Next steps -- Gender-Responsive Agriculture Enhance women students’ opportunities to network with faculty, industry, and each other Support the development of more and better courses on gender and agricultural development and embed such courses as requirements, not electives in agricultural science curricula (like statistics) Encourage new and more sophisticated research on gender and agricultural development topics Create Masters’ level programs on gender and agricultural development 11

12 “Are we trying to change the world 900 students at a time, or are we preparing students for the world in which they are about to go?” asks a professor participating in the Harvard Business School “experiment.”* Yes. The role of the university is both: i) to educate the students in a more equitable manner, & ii) to provide them the tools to change the world into which they will be graduated. *

13 Goldberger, J. and J. Crowe 2010 “Gender Inequality within the U.S. Land-Grant Universities Agricultural Sciences Professoriate,” International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology. Manfre, C. and D. Rubin, A. Allen, G. Summerfield, K. Colverson, and M. Akerdolu 2012 “Reducing the gender gap in agricultural extension and advisory services: How to find the best fit for men and women farmers” USAID/Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services project. Champaign-Urbana, IL: University of Illinois. Mangheni, M. N., L. Ikirikubinza-Tibatemza and L. Forsthye 2010 “Gender Issues in Agricultural Education within African Universities.” Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa. Kampala, Uganda. Rubin, D. and C. Manfre 2012 “Promoting Gender-equitable Agricultural Value Chains: Issues, Opportunities, and Next Steps.” In A. Quisumbing, R. Meinzen-Dick, T. Raney, A. Croppenstedt, J. A. Behrman, and A. Peterman (eds.) Gender in Agriculture and Food Security: Closing the Knowledge Gap. Springer. Rubin, D “What Adding Women has Stirred Up: Feminist Issues in Teaching Cultural Anthropology,” in The Teaching of Anthropology, edited by C. Kottak, J. White, R. Furlow, P. Rice. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company. Selected References and Resources