Program on Participatory Research & Gender Analysis

CIAT-DAPA article "Women and Agriculture"

Katie Rickets from CIAT DAPA - Decision and Policy Analysis, has shared a timely article about women and agriculture, released March 8^th, 2010.

 

The iconic small farmer from a developing country has most often been stereotyped as male. This image is an illusion. Not only are the half, or more than half of the over 400 million small scale farmers women, but women tend to grow the majority of the food for family consumption. They are the direct link to improving food security and community nutrition in the developing world. Poverty and hunger reduction are impossible without a renewed commitment to an agricultural development agenda that evaluates and accommodates the critical importance of gender. 

To read more :  

http://gisweb.ciat.cgiar.org/dapablogs/dapa-markets/?p=355

International Women's Day, March 8, 2010

To read the card:  

ftp://www.prgaprogram.org/women%20day/Dia%20de%20la%20Mujer%202010%20(E).jpg

Repositioning PRGA for Transition

Imminent changes in the organization of the CGIAR will result in the discontinuation of the System-wide Program model. The CGIAR System-wide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA Program) has existed within that model for the past 12 years and is the only CG entity with a global mandate for gender and participatory research, and for gender in research (Gender & Diversity Program covers gender in the workplace). It currently has ongoing activities and an active staff, therefore its team is assessing future opportunities and actions that can lead to an orderly transition from the System-wide mode into another that will allow it to continue to contribute to the CGIAR System and its stakeholders. 

To read more and download the Flyer:  

ftp://www.prgaprogram.org/PRGA%20FLYERS/Repositioning%20PRGA%20_Flyer%20Web_.pdf

Participatory Plant Breeding and the PRGA Program

PPB has been a central focus of the PRGA Program since it was launched in 1997. In the Program's third phase, PPB is at the top of an agenda focused on achieving four key outcomes:

1. Widespread application of PPB in national programs and in the CGIAR Centers.
2. An increased number of varieties of crops developed through PPB and grown by poor women and men farmers.
3. An increased diversity of livelihood options among poor farmers, especially women, through greater use of agro-biodiversity.
4. Concrete advances in country-level implementation of farmers' rights to ensure that farmer breeders are
able to benefit from their investments of time and resources in varietal development.

To download Participatory Plant Breeding

PRGA Program at ExCo Town Hall Meeting