This document outlines a gender strategy for the Livestock and Fish programs at CGIAR to achieve four key outputs: 1) Increasing gender capacity within partner organizations to diagnose and overcome gender constraints in value chains, 2) Increasing women's access and control of resources in value chains, 3) Developing gender transformative approaches, and 4) Increasing consumption of animal proteins by women and children. The strategy involves identifying partners, developing appropriate tools and training partners in their application, with capacity development activities conducted in multiple countries. Key projects listed contribute to the gender theme.

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Capacity Development in the Livestock and Fish Gender Strategy
The Livestock and Fish gender strategy operates along a continuum of gender
integration approaches, to achieve four key outputs:
1. Capacity development - Increasing gender capacity within CGIAR, partner
organizations, and value chain actors to diagnose and overcome gender
based constraints within value chains
2. Increasing women’s access and control of resources in livestock and fish
value chains
3. Developing gender transformative approaches to overcome gender
constraints
4. Increasing consumption of animal source protein by women and children
Capacity development activities
• Identify partners interested in
using gendered tools and
approaches to overcome gender
based constraints in target value
chains.
• Research and identify appropriate
tools and approaches for gender
and value chain capacity
development. Provide training in
tool application to partners
Rationale for output 1
• Training manual developed and
released: “Closing the Gender Gap in
Agriculture: A Trainer’s Manual”
• Capacity development in Ethiopia,
Uganda, Philippines, Thailand, Kenya
and Mozambique
Milestones
• “Integrating Dairy goat and Root Crop Production for Increasing
Food, Nutrition and Income Security of smallholder Famers in
Tanzania”
• “Enhancing the level and Quality of women fish Retailers’ work
in 5 governorates in Egypt”
• “Evaluating the impacts of Livestock and Aquaculture
Microcredit and Value chain Programs on women’s
Empowerment”
• “Evaluating the impacts of Agricultural Development Programs
on Gender Inequalities, Asset Disparities and rural Livelihoods
(GAAP)
Projects contributing to the Livestock and Fish Gender
Theme