Starting June 12, the African Development Bank's Gender in Practice Community of Practice (GiP CoP) is hosting an online discussion on gender and Agriculture. This discussion is intended to support the Gender Focal Points at the African Development Bank in their work to buttress the implementation of the Feed Africa Strategy.
The discussion will be organized in three phases as below, and you are welcome to contribute to all or some of the phases:
Phase 1: Gender gap in agricultural productivity (12-26 June) – Starts Monday June 12!
Facilitator: Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg PhD, Director, African Women in Agricultural Research (AWARD)
A recent study measuring the economic costs of the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda finds that closing the gender gap could lift as many as 238,000 people out of poverty in Malawi, 119,000 people in Uganda, and approximately 80,000 people in Tanzania every year. Success in the achievement of poverty reduction and elimination of hunger as part of the Feed Africa strategy is dependent on a supply side approach whereby needs of both women and men are taken into account when designing and implementing interventions.
This phase will explore the questions such as:
- How does the gender gap in agricultural productivity occur and why?
- What are the implications of this gender gap, especially for women in subsistence agriculture?
- How have these realities been integrated into interventions and projects to reduce the gender gap in agricultural productivity and address the challenges of subsistence agriculture?
- How should the Bank’s Feed Africa Strategy; through its flagship initiatives and programmes be used to reduce the gender gap in agricultural productivity and support a strong foundation for Africa’s agricultural transformation?
- Which successful initiatives on women’s agricultural productivity could be scaled up by the AfDB?
Phase 2: The gender gap in Agribusiness, industries and markets (27 June – 10 July)
Facilitator: Ndiaye Tacko, Senior Gender, Equality and Rural Development Officer, FAO Regional Office for Africa
Phase 3: The gender gap in agriculture finance (11 - 24 July)
Facilitator: Toda Atsuko, Director for Agricultural Finance and Rural Development, AfDB
Please click here to visit the AfDB Gender in Practice Community of Practice (GiP CoP) and register to contribute to the discussion. You can also send your contribution by email to genderinpractice@afdb.org
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