Poultry Production In Burkina Faso Potential For Poverty Reduction And Women S Empowerment

Author : Hoffmann, Vivian,Awonon, Josue,Gelli, Aulo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Poultry production in Burkina Faso: Potential for poverty reduction and women’s empowerment by Hoffmann, Vivian,Awonon, Josue,Gelli, Aulo Pdf

Poultry rearing is widespread in rural Burkina Faso, and contributes to both the food security and cash income of smallholders farmers. The landlocked status of the country, coupled with increasing demand for poultry in urban areas implies an opportunity for significant, pro-poor growth through this sector. We use data from a survey of 1800 poultry producers to characterize smallholder poultry producers and their practices. We find that 88% of households in program areas raised poultry. While access to vaccination services and veterinary medicines at the village level is high, uptake of these services is limited, especially among smaller producers. Fewer women than men own poultry, but most women report that they control the proceeds from sales of their own birds, indicating the potential for development of the poultry sector to generate relatively equitable gains in terms of gender. Access to credit appears to increase women’s poultry ownership, but remains limited, as does women’s access to poultry output markets.

Author : Vivian Hoffmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1300212603

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Poultry Production in Burkina Faso by Vivian Hoffmann Pdf

Poultry rearing is widespread in rural Burkina Faso, and contributes to both the food security and cash income of smallholders farmers. The landlocked status of the country, coupled with increasing demand for poultry in urban areas implies an opportunity for significant, pro-poor growth through this sector. We use data from a survey of 1800 poultry producers to characterize smallholder poultry producers and their practices. We find that 88% of households in program areas raised poultry. While access to vaccination services and veterinary medicines at the village level is high, uptake of these services is limited, especially among smaller producers. Fewer women than men own poultry, but most women report that they control the proceeds from sales of their own birds, indicating the potential for development of the poultry sector to generate relatively equitable gains in terms of gender. Access to credit appears to increase women's poultry ownership, but remains limited, as does women's access to poultry output markets.

Author : Leight, Jessica,Martinez, Elena M.,Heckert, Jessica,Gelli, Aulo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The relationship between household gender attitudes and women’s poultry production: Evidence from Burkina Faso by Leight, Jessica,Martinez, Elena M.,Heckert, Jessica,Gelli, Aulo Pdf

Enhancing women’s participation in agricultural production, including livestock production, has the potential to generate a range of benefits for rural households in the developing world. These benefits include enhanced economic welfare, investment in children’s health and nutrition, and empowerment for women. However, attitudes and norms may shape the ability of women to engage in a broader range of productive activities if those activities are not viewed as traditionally female domains. The attitudes of women themselves and their husbands may be particularly salient: if women do not view livestock production as an appropriate activity to pursue based on their perception of community norms, they may not be responsive to economic incentives designed to encourage their involvement. Similarly, if husbands do not view ownership and control over assets or the sale of agriculture as appropriate roles for their wives, it may be very challenging for women to maintain or increase their role in household agricultural production.

Author : Heckert, Jessica,Martinez, Elena M.,Sanou, Armande,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Ganaba, Rasmané,Gelli, Aulo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Can a gender-sensitive integrated poultry value chain and nutrition intervention among the rural poor increase women’s empowerment in Burkina Faso? by Heckert, Jessica,Martinez, Elena M.,Sanou, Armande,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Ganaba, Rasmané,Gelli, Aulo Pdf

Understanding the types of food systems interventions that foster women’s empowerment and the types of women that are able to benefit from different interventions is important for development policy. SELEVER was a gender- and nutrition-sensitive poultry production intervention implemented in western Burkina Faso from 2017 to 2020 that aimed to empower women. We evaluated SELEVER using a mixed-methods cluster-randomized controlled trial, which included survey data from 1763 households at baseline and endline and a sub-sample for two interim lean season surveys. We used the multidimensional project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), which consists of 12 binary indicators, underlying count versions of 10 of these, an aggregate empowerment score (continuous) and a binary aggregate empowerment indicator, all for women and men. Women’s and men’s scores were compared to assess gender parity. We also assessed impacts on health and nutrition agency using the pro-WEAI health and nutrition module. We estimated program impact using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) models and examined whether there were differential impacts by flock size or among those who participated in program activities. Program impacts on empowerment and gender parity were null, despite the program’s careful approach to developing a gender-sensitive intervention. Meanwhile, results of the in-depth gender-focused qualitative work conducted near the project mid-point found there was greater awareness in the community of women’s time burden and their economic contributions, but it did not seem that awareness led to increased empowerment of women. We reflect on possible explanations for the null findings. One notable explanation may be the lack of a productive asset transfer, which have previously been shown to be essential, but not sufficient, for the empowerment of women in agricultural development programs. We consider these findings in light of current debates on asset transfers. Unfortunately, null impacts on women’s empowerment are not uncommon, and it is important to learn from such findings to strengthen future program design and delivery.

Author : Eissler, Sarah,Sanou, Armande,Heckert, Jessica,Myers, Emily,Nignan, Safiatou,Thio, Elisabeth,Pitropia, Lucienne Amélie,Ganaba, Rasmané,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Gelli, Aulo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Gender dynamics, women’s empowerment, and diets: Qualitative findings from an impact evaluation of a nutrition-sensitive poultry value chain intervention in Burkina Faso by Eissler, Sarah,Sanou, Armande,Heckert, Jessica,Myers, Emily,Nignan, Safiatou,Thio, Elisabeth,Pitropia, Lucienne Amélie,Ganaba, Rasmané,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Gelli, Aulo Pdf

The SELEVER study is a five-year impact evaluation designed to address key knowledge gaps on the impact of a poultry value chain intervention on the diets, health, and nutritional status of women and children in Burkina Faso. This report qualitatively examines the SELEVER program’s impact on women’s empowerment and intra-household gender dynamics in relation to food production and allocation, as well as control and use over poultry resources in the study areas. Six villages across five provinces were purposively selected for this study. Data were collected using multiple qualitative methods. In each village, we conducted four sex-disaggregated focus group discussions, and semi-structured individual interviews were held with a man and a woman from two different households. Sex-disaggregated seasonal calendars were created for half of the villages. Interviews were also conducted with project service providers in each community, including group leaders (n=13), voluntary vaccinators (n=10), and poultry traders (n=6). A mix of inductive and deductive thematic coding guided the analysis of the data. Men and women participants described an empowered woman in terms of her confidence, how she spent her time, financial capacity, and freedom of movement. SELEVER beneficiaries illuminated how gender norms were shifting related to household activities and women’s empowerment, such that young boys are now washing dishes and women earn additional incomes from raising her own poultry. Yet results suggest that women’s empowerment may threaten men and their masculinity, an important tension of which SELEVER and other projects should be cognizant. Participants perceived that while SELEVER has increased women’s access to the necessary resources and capacity to raise quality poultry, and their incomes, women still lack full latitude to make decisions around when to sell or kill their bird. Instead they must rely on their husbands’ permission. Beneficiaries are more aware of the benefits of consuming poultry products, yet barriers persist for actual consumption. This report further details the intersectional nature of these findings, which will be important to consider. The differences in women’s role in monogamous versus polygynous households is especially important to consider in interpreting the program impacts and further strengthening the program delivery activities. The SELEVER program has improved outcomes for women across the village sites in terms of empowerment, awareness raising, and behavior change. Yet barriers and challenges, often rooted in social norms, persist for women’s involvement in poultry production, their empowerment, and the potential for the SELEVER program to improve diets of household members.

Author : Leight, Jessica,Awonon, Josue,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Ganaba, Rasmané,Martinez, Elena M.,Heckert, Jessica,Gelli, Aulo
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The impact of an integrated value chain intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial by Leight, Jessica,Awonon, Josue,Pedehombga, Abdoulaye,Ganaba, Rasmané,Martinez, Elena M.,Heckert, Jessica,Gelli, Aulo Pdf

This article reports on a cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted in 120 villages in rural Burkina Faso evaluating a multifaceted intervention (SELEVER) that seeks to increase poultry production by delivering training in conjunction with the strengthening of village-level institutions providing veterinary and credit services to poultry farmers. The intervention is evaluated in a sample of 1,080 households surveyed following two years of program implementation. Households exposed to the intervention significantly increase their use of poultry inputs (veterinary services, enhanced feeds, and deworming), and report more poultry sold and higher revenue; however, there is no evidence of an increase in profits. This evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that the return to inputs in the poultry market may not be sufficient to counterbalance the market costs of these inputs.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Empowering rural women through social protection by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The paper reviews evidence on the most widely-used social protection schemes, assessing the extent of their current and potential impact on women's economic empowerment.

Author : John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251046271

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Farming Systems and Poverty by John A. Dixon,David P. Gibbon,Aidan Gulliver,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.

Author : Malapit, Hazel J.,Quisumbing, Agnes R.,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Seymour, Gregory,Martinez, Elena M.,Heckert, Jessica,Rubin, Deborah,Vaz, Ana,Yount, Kathryn M.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) by Malapit, Hazel J.,Quisumbing, Agnes R.,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Seymour, Gregory,Martinez, Elena M.,Heckert, Jessica,Rubin, Deborah,Vaz, Ana,Yount, Kathryn M. Pdf

In this paper, the authors describe the adaptation and validation of a project-level WEAI (or pro-WEAI) that agricultural development projects can use to identify key areas of women’s (and men’s) disempowerment, design appropriate strategies to address identified deficiencies, and monitor project outcomes related to women’s empowerment. The 12 pro-WEAI indicators are mapped to three domains: intrinsic agency (power within), instrumental agency (power to), and collective agency (power with). A gender parity index compares the empowerment scores of men and women in the same household. The authors describe the development of pro-WEAI, including: (1) pro-WEAI’s distinctiveness from other versions of the WEAI; (2) the process of piloting pro-WEAI in 13 agricultural development projects during the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, phase 2 (GAAP2); (3) analysis of quantitative data from the GAAP2 projects, including intrahousehold patterns of empowerment; and (4) a summary of the findings from the qualitative work exploring concepts of women’s empowerment in the project sites. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned from pro-WEAI and possibilities for further development of empowerment metrics.

Author : Deepa Narayan-Parker
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821351664

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Empowerment and Poverty Reduction by Deepa Narayan-Parker Pdf

This publication offers a framework for the empowerment of people living in poverty throughout the world that concentrates on increasing people's freedom of choice and action to shape their own lives. Based on analysis of practical experiences, the book identifies four key elements to support empowerment: information, inclusion and participation, improved accountability and local organisational capacity. This framework is then applied to five areas of action to improve development effectiveness: provision of basic services, improved local governance, improved national governance, pro-poor market development, and access to justice and legal aid. It also offers twenty 'tools and practices' which concentrate on a wide-range of topics to support the empowerment of the poor.

Author : Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000340341

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Women's Economic Empowerment by Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan Pdf

This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.

Author : Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Rubin, Deborah,Elias, Marlène,Mulema, Annet Abenakyo,Myers, Emily
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Rubin, Deborah,Elias, Marlène,Mulema, Annet Abenakyo,Myers, Emily Pdf

There is growing recognition of the importance of women’s empowerment in its own right and for a range of development outcomes, but less understanding of what empowerment means to rural women and men. The challenge of measuring empowerment, particularly across cultures and contexts, is also garnering attention. This paper synthesizes qualitative research conducted conjointly with quantitative surveys, working with eight agricultural development projects in eight countries, to develop a project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). The qualitative research sought to identify emic meanings of “empowerment,” validate the domains and indicators of the quantitative index, provide greater understanding of the context of each project and of strategies for facilitating empowerment, and test a methodology for integrating emic perspectives of empowerment with standardized etic measures that allow for comparability across contexts.

Author : Jessica Heckert,Jessica Leight,Josué Awonon,Aulo Gelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1356405939

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Understanding the Role of Different Program Components of a Nutrition Sensitive Intervention in Mediating Impact by Jessica Heckert,Jessica Leight,Josué Awonon,Aulo Gelli Pdf

Author : Agnes R. Quisumbing,Ruth Meinzen-Dick,Terri L. Raney,André Croppenstedt,Julia A. Behrman,Amber Peterman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401786164

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Gender in Agriculture by Agnes R. Quisumbing,Ruth Meinzen-Dick,Terri L. Raney,André Croppenstedt,Julia A. Behrman,Amber Peterman Pdf

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced a 2011 report on women in agriculture with a clear and urgent message: agriculture underperforms because half of all farmers—women—lack equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to be more productive. This book builds on the report’s conclusions by providing, for a non-specialist audience, a compendium of what we know now about gender gaps in agriculture.

Author : Ruel, Marie T.,Quisumbing, Agnes R.,Balagamwala, Mysbah
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Nutrition-sensitive agriculture by Ruel, Marie T.,Quisumbing, Agnes R.,Balagamwala, Mysbah Pdf

A growing number of governments, donor agencies, and development organizations are committed to supporting nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) to achieve their development goals. Although consensus exists on pathways through which agriculture may influence nutrition-related outcomes, empirical evidence on agriculture’s contribution to nutrition and how it can be enhanced is still weak. This paper reviews recent empirical evidence (since 2014), including findings from impact evaluations of a variety of NSA programs using experimental designs as well as observational studies that document linkages between agriculture, women’s empowerment, and nutrition. It summarizes existing knowledge regarding not only impacts but also pathways, mechanisms, and contextual factors that affect where and how agriculture may improve nutrition outcomes. The paper concludes with reflections on implications for agricultural programs, policies, and investments, and highlights future research priorities.