The CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis develops and promotes methods and organizational approaches for gender-sensitive participatory research on plant breeding and on management of crops and natural resources.
CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research & Gender Analysis
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.
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PRGA Program at ExCo Town Hall Meeting
From June 4-5 the CGIAR Executive Council (ExCo) Meeting convened main CGIAR actors and donors at CIAT HQ. During the event, PRGA team was active meeting donors, coordinating events and attending the Town Hall meeting where Drs. Kathy Sierra, Ren Wang, Steve Hall and Mark Holderness addressed CIAT audience. PRGA Program Coordinator made a question to the Executive Council Panel regarding the future of gender issues in the wider CGIAR. This was the answer that Dr. Kathy Sierra and the panel (see link) gave to her. | |
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Josephine Kizza an example of leadership
Josephine Kizza and St Jude Family Project: The center has been training farmers in intensive sustainable organic farming for 15 years. | |
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PRGA Program Strategic Platform Phase III (2008-2012)
Currently facing its face III (2008-2012), the key factors that underpinned the Program’s work at the beginning of Phase II (2003–2007) still apply today:
* A majority of agricultural research systems, including in the CG System, still lack a critical mass of participatory-research and genderanalysis practitioners
* There is still little recognition or practice of gender analysis
* There is still an unmet demand for capacity development in gender-analysis and participatory-research methods
* Learning and change need to be institutionalized, so that participatory research and gender analysis can be mainstreamed in agricultural R&D thinking and practice.
The strategic platform for Phase III focuses on three overarching thematic areas: (1) Climate change; (2) Food security, building on the Program’s traditional research areas of plant breeding and natural-resources research; and (3) Supporting actions for gender mainstreaming.
To download PRGA Program Strategic Patform Phase III (208-2012)
Gender Implications of Climate Change for an Eco-Efficient Agriculture
The PRGA Program has launched a new initiative focused on mitigation efforts to adapt breeding techniques to the effects of Climate Change. These efforts are carried out in partnerships with ICARDA and stakeholder organizations in various regions.
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Download Gender Implications of Climate Change Brochure
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