1. Gender and Social Inclusion in the CRP-GLDC
FP1 (CoA1.3) and Mainstreamed activities in FP 2-5
Esther Njuguna-Mungai
Senior Scientist, Gender
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

2. Acknowledgements
The opportunity to participate in the GLDC proposal development
The opportunity to have the gender research issues integrated across the flagships, with distinct research questions
The CRP Director being very keen to include women in governance structures of the CRP
The response of the participating centres and partners in contributing ideas, capacities, resources and the goodwill

3. SRF - IDO- Equity and Inclusion achieved
SuB IDO’s
Gender Equitable control of productive resources
Technologies that reduce women’s labour and energy expenditure
Improved capacities of women and young people to participate in decision making
Evidence based on strategic gender topics – aligned to the flagships
Capacity building for Gender Research and Analysis

4. What are the issues of concern for Equity and Inclusion - Women
Target Group
Main areas of concern
Women
Social norms and culture, the place/role of women in society, role of men in supporting women’s empowerment (GENNOVATE study, 19 case studies in India, ESA and WCA)
Gender gaps in cereal and production, differential access and control to input and output resources, benefits sharing
Traits and preferences for practical/strategic needs across crops
Paradox of high nutrient basket crops and high levels of malnutrition
Constraints in engaging with value chain nodes beyond production
Women as ‘key decision makers’ in seed choice for household use of non-hybrids

5. What are the issues of concern for Equity and Inclusion -Youth?
Target Group
Main areas of concern
Youth (15-24 years, UN definition)
World population in developing countries mostly the youth, and growing
Being youth is not a uniformly experienced transitional phase in life between childhood and adulthood,
Its highly gendered one, that intersects with other identities such as marital status, ethnic affiliation, class, education or employment status
High unemployment rates, migration, poverty risks
Access to resources
Differentiated ‘opportunity structures’ from region to region

6. Youth approach in GLDC
Understanding who are the dryland youth, men and women, what are their aspirations and values: understand the ‘youth typologies” and their social embeddedness
Understanding which young men and/or women are able to take advantage of different opportunities in GLDC and how they take the initial steps to engage with a commercialized local/rural economy as producers, workers, business operators, or suppliers of products to the system
Understanding the ‘opportunity structures’ available to the youth and the unique challenges they have; assessing/testing the agricultural value chains (incl. their support systems) that have the highest potential for the youth to engage and benefit in different regions.
Identify gender-specific entry points with out-scaling potential for improving youth’s access to information and resources in effort to curb migration and aversion to farming.
Designing metrics for monitoring progress, learning, impact, and empowerment of the young men and women in different areas; impact on on-farm adoption and productivity – through backward linkages.

7. Integration of Gender components in GLDC
Flagship
Gender Focus
FP1
Social norms/culture intersecting with the agricultural innovations, accelerating impacts
Sex disaggregation of analysis and focus
FP2
Participation post farm production
Gainful engagement of women in GLDC value chains
Gainful engagement of youth in GLDC value chains
FP3
Women labour, time use; Labour saving technologies (mechanization)
Gender gaps in access to resources –quality land, knowledge, seeds, input resources, production, benefits, outcomes, and nutrition
FP4
Gender dynamics in seed systems
Opportunities for business development in seed systems
Traits and preferences impacting women’s practical needs, nutrition
FP5
Traits and preferences

8. Leverage Opportunities (examples from WCA/ICARDA/IITA to be discussed this afternoon)
Phase 1/extension phase
GLDC
Gender gaps in B/Faso, Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania – in TL3 and Malawi (CRPGL - postdoc)
Design and support context specific gender transformative interventions for women empowerment, closing the gaps
Strategy for youth in the Drylands from DS
Diversity strategy at ICRISAT, proof of concept
Lack/low involvement of women in the seed companies process in Tanzania –TL3
Capacity development backstopping
Gender and breeding review and case studies (CRP DC/GL – postdoc/visiting scientists)
Traits and preferences in FP4/5
Gender dynamics study - TLIII/Gender platform (Uganda, Ethiopia)
Seeds systems in other countries
GENNOVATE study in 6 countries
Cross-country assessment of Women and Men Innovation Pathways
Synthesis for application, youth aspirations
Build on positive experience and identify entry points towards more gender-equitable innovation adoption and benefits

9. Topical Conceptualization – Proof of concept
What models work for accelerating impacts for women’s
What models work for gainful and impactful engagement of youth (disaggregated by gender) in GLDC value chains
Intersectionality of culture/norms/GLDC value chains.
Youth (disaggregated by gender), social embeddedness, opportunity structures
Nutrition

10. Other commitments in the Gender Strategy in GLDC
GLDC-University partnership for Gender Research Analysis capacities and development
Gender postdoc fellowship
Capacities building/institutional strengthening for gender mainstreaming, integration and analysis
Mentoring

11. Systemic constraints to gender diversity at senior governance level?
Challenge in identifying senior women scientists/managers to participate in the EMC/IAC committees
What is the issue?
What can we do as a CRP?
Mentoring program? Capacity development?

12. Thank you Demand-driven Innovation for the Drylands www.gldc.cgiar.org
In partnership with CGIAR Centers, public and private organizations, governments, and farmers worldwide
Thank you