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To address this question the experiences from five Sida supported programmes are studied. The programmes are the Agriculture Support Programme in Zambia, the Sida Amhara Rural Development Programme in Ethiopia, the Agriculture Development Programme in Mozambique, the Agricultural Development Fund in Nicaragua and, the National Agriculture and Livestock Extension Programme in Kenya.
The evaluation finds examples of promising approaches in, for example, the Household Approach in Zambia and the Patio Approach in Nicaragua, that have been effective in tackling different gender constraints. However, the study also finds that no programme was gender mainstreamed across all components and no programme prepared a coherent gender strategy to implement gender equity as a means of achieving better agricultural outcomes. Apart from gender mainstreaming the study specifically looks at gender in relation to extensions services, control over assets, food security and markets.
Apart from the main evaluation report there are a number of supportive documents. An International Literature Review (UTV Working Paper 2010:3) examines other development agencies experiences in involving women in agricultural programmes. Five Country Reports (UTV Working Paper 2010:4–8) provide a wealth of detail and analysis of each programme. They contain the original fieldwork data upon which the evaluation is built.
The Evaluation was conducted between November 2009 and May 2010 by an independent consultant consortium – AFC Consultants International GmbH and AVEDIS Social Development Consultants, Germany with Dr Cathy Rozel Farnworth as team leader and Dr Ambra Gallina as deputy team leader. The study was jointly commissioned by the Sida Team Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security and the Secretariat for Evaluation.
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