Innovations in Gender Equality [IGE] to Promote Household Food Security Program
Project Title: Innovations in Gender Equality [IGE] to Promote Household Food Security Program
Funded By: United
States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Impact Area: Kenya – Siaya and Vihiga Counties
Dates: November 2012 – September 2014
The Innovations in Gender Equality to Promote Household Food Security (IGE) Project was a two-year project, awarded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Implemented by International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) in partnership with AGMAR in Western Kenya—Siaya and Vihiga Counties, from November 2012 – September 2014. It was awarded within the overarching framework of the Feed the Future Program of USAID.
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Goal
To promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agricultural sector by Designing, implementing and evaluating an innovative gender responsive capacity development intervention that enhances Agrodealers client orientation, support to Farmer input savings and loans (FISLs) and Women farmer leadership
Objectives
1. To strengthen agro-dealers’ skills in supporting FISLs and promoting gender equality.
2. To increase women and men farmers’ purchase of inputs by catalyzing savings through FISLs.
3. To empower women farmers through targeted trainings and on-going support on leadership, group strengthening and governance.
4. To generate and disseminate learning on the effectiveness of different models of agro-dealer and FISL capacity building as a means of better addressing women farmers’ needs, preferences and constraints in agricultural activity.
2. To increase women and men farmers’ purchase of inputs by catalyzing savings through FISLs.
3. To empower women farmers through targeted trainings and on-going support on leadership, group strengthening and governance.
4. To generate and disseminate learning on the effectiveness of different models of agro-dealer and FISL capacity building as a means of better addressing women farmers’ needs, preferences and constraints in agricultural activity.
Approach
1. Conducted formative and Baseline Surveys.
2. Trained Agrodealers on Business Management.
3. Farmer Group Members trained on governance, FISL, gender dynamics and gender equality in agricultural decision-making.
4. Assigned Agrodealers and Farmer groups to ‘Intervention arms’.
5. Trained Community mobilizers.
6. Conducted demand creation activities i.e. demo establishment and field days.
2. Trained Agrodealers on Business Management.
3. Farmer Group Members trained on governance, FISL, gender dynamics and gender equality in agricultural decision-making.
4. Assigned Agrodealers and Farmer groups to ‘Intervention arms’.
5. Trained Community mobilizers.
6. Conducted demand creation activities i.e. demo establishment and field days.
Key Achievements
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Agrodealers Trained
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Farmer Groups Developed
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Farmers in the Groups
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Demonstration Plots established
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Field Days/Exhibitions Conducted
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