Impact on women - RIU Nigeria
RIU Nigeria has successfully empowered women and women's organisations through their work and has succeeded in working specifically with widow's who face additional problems and discrimination.
Women's associations and organisations were specifically invited by RIU Nigeria to participate in the activities of the three innovation platform. They also paid specific attention to gender roles that are traditionally male or female and encourage interventions that could meet the needs of both. The commodity sectors chosen for the programme were traditionally women domain enterprises to ensure that women could participate actively.
The data generated from project implementation has helped the programme recognise the roles, diversity and impact that can be achieved when gender is mainstreamed into a programme and has been used as the basis for making informed decisions.
Women constituted between 24% to 56% of the three innovation platforms:
Aquaculture
The level of women participation in the Aquaculture Innovation Platform activities was 49%.
Workshops conducted with 179 group representatives from Lagos, Idah and Kaduna attracted 50% attendance from women. They were trained in various activities relating to production and post-harvest value addition.
Cassava
Cassava production and processing has historically been part of rural women's economy in Nigeria. So, some interventions such as peeling tools and post-harvest value addition were included primarily to reduce drudgery for women and/or increase their income generating potentials. 450 widows were trained on value addition to cassava.
The Cassava Value Chain Innovation Platform was assisted by a collaboration with the office of Abia State First Lady who supported access for rural women to cassava mosaic-disease-resistant cassava varieties.
Cowpea/Soybean Livestock
Cowpea/Soybean livestock Innovation Platform was established with 25% Female members.
The capacity of 29 female extension agents of the Agricultural Development Project (ADP) in 6 states was enhanced to conduct community based demonstration in 290 communities (triple bagging programme).
Care was taken to involve socially excluded groups and other disadvantage groups in the society. 2,880 widows accessed high yielding cowpea/soybean.
RIU Nigeria attended the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) workshop on gender and market oriented agriculture, held in Addis Ababa from 31 January to 2 February 2011
See lessons on: Emerging lessons from RIU on gender
RIU Nigeria has successfully empowered women and women's organisations through their work and has succeeded in working specifically with widow's who face additional problems and discrimination.
Women's associations and organisations were specifically invited by RIU Nigeria to participate in the activities of the three innovation platform. They also paid specific attention to gender roles that are traditionally male or female and encourage interventions that could meet the needs of both. The commodity sectors chosen for the programme were traditionally women domain enterprises to ensure that women could participate actively.
The data generated from project implementation has helped the programme recognise the roles, diversity and impact that can be achieved when gender is mainstreamed into a programme and has been used as the basis for making informed decisions.
Women constituted between 24% to 56% of the three innovation platforms:
Aquaculture
The level of women participation in the Aquaculture Innovation Platform activities was 49%.
Workshops conducted with 179 group representatives from Lagos, Idah and Kaduna attracted 50% attendance from women. They were trained in various activities relating to production and post-harvest value addition.
Cassava
Cassava production and processing has historically been part of rural women's economy in Nigeria. So, some interventions such as peeling tools and post-harvest value addition were included primarily to reduce drudgery for women and/or increase their income generating potentials. 450 widows were trained on value addition to cassava.
- 263,034 women accessed cassava mosaic disease-free planting material
- 377,450 women produced odourless fufu and starch
The Cassava Value Chain Innovation Platform was assisted by a collaboration with the office of Abia State First Lady who supported access for rural women to cassava mosaic-disease-resistant cassava varieties.
Cowpea/Soybean Livestock
Cowpea/Soybean livestock Innovation Platform was established with 25% Female members.
The capacity of 29 female extension agents of the Agricultural Development Project (ADP) in 6 states was enhanced to conduct community based demonstration in 290 communities (triple bagging programme).
- 136,800 women accessed dual purpose cowpea
- 145,920 women accessed rust resistant soybean
- 145,152 women adopted hermetic cowpea storage
- 530 tonnes of fodder was produced by women
Care was taken to involve socially excluded groups and other disadvantage groups in the society. 2,880 widows accessed high yielding cowpea/soybean.
RIU Nigeria attended the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) workshop on gender and market oriented agriculture, held in Addis Ababa from 31 January to 2 February 2011
See lessons on: Emerging lessons from RIU on gender
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