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Gender focused service provision and its impact. IPMS Goma experience By Yisehak Baredo. Map of Goma. Fact files of Goma. Location : 389 km south west of Addis Jima zone Oromya region Area 96 2 KM Agro-ecology Wet Woina Dega 96% Wet Kola 4% Wet Dega---% - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Gender focused service provision and its impact
IPMS Goma experience
By Yisehak Baredo
• Map of Goma
Fact files of GomaFact files of Goma
• Location : – 389 km south west of Addis– Jima zone Oromya region
• Area 962 KM• Agro-ecology
– Wet Woina Dega 96% – Wet Kola 4%
• Wet Dega ---%
• Rainfall Min.1791mm Max. 2021mm• Temp Min.13 mm Max. 21mm
• Population
– 247,326 (49% women)
– Farming HH 45,567
– Female headed farming HH 10,034
• 36 PAs
• 2 Coffee state farms
Approaches
IPMS used a district level participatory market oriented commodity identification and development planning
approach, aimed at identifying
i. Main farming systems, ii. Potential marketable commodities and
livestock commodities by farming system,iii. Problems, potentials and interventions for
each value chain component iv. Value chain stakeholder assessment with
potential (new) roles and linkages.
IPMS’s philosophy in rural development
Commodity Value Chain development approach• Productivity and production
– New technologies
– New approaches
– New practices
– Skill and knowledge
• Inputs supply component for the specific commodity – What inputs are needed
– How could the inputs easily be available
– Constraints from input providers side
– Capacity building for input suppliers (skill, knowledge, financial)
– Linking producers and inputs suppliers
• Financing the rural to acquire technologies and inputs
• Linking to markets
• Targeting female farmers – Female farmers are given special attention
• Either putting as one of the criteria to engage more women
• Or influencing target farmers
FS and Priority Commodities IdentifiedFS and Priority Commodities Identified
Farming systems1. Coffee livestock complex2. Crop livestock complex
Priority Commodities• Coffee• Apiculture• Fruits• Fattening of both small and large ruminants• Poultry• Dairy***
AchievementsSmall ruminants fattening
Fattening is not a new practice but tow critical constraints identified were:
Elongated fattening period in most cases 6 months or more
Death accident of fattening animals which exposes target farmers to loss of assets and/or indebtedness in case the fattening animal is bought through credit.
Gender focused targeting in Kilole PA Total target was 120 One to one male to female ratio was expected More than 5 consecutive meetings were held to
realize more female In the first awareness development meeting out
150 farmers who turned up only 8 were femaleMale farmers were very reluctant to allow female
to take a lead Male suggested that female farmers could have
training but should not sign for credit and collect the cash by their own.
• When they understand the firm stand of facilitators towards female participation
the mood of male farmers changed by saying
• “Let our wives sign for the loan and get the money as you suggest but we will see from where you can get your money back”
• However, after intense effort 50 female farmers appeared
• But 12 slipped due to various pressure and 38 female farmers become member
Services provided
1. Training on fattening technique was provided to all female farmers
2. Credit amounting 1500.ETB was
provided to each
And the loan was expected to cover cost of buying 5 sheep, concentrate enough for 3 months, drugs, and community based insurance premium for each farmer
3. Provision of Bonga Breed 3 female and one male fast growing
Bonga breed were provided to one female and one male model farmers.
The purpose is to develop sustainable lamb supply for fattening group
Assessment result of performance
1.Out of 120 farmers the top two in fattening performance were found to be female farmers
W/ro Misku Hadha Faris
2. Compliance to fattening programe Out of 120 target farmers
Only 49 percent of the target farmers managed to buy 5 sheep as recommended,
34% of target farmers bought 4 sheep, 12% bought 3 sheep . Three farmers completely waved the loan to
other livestock schemes such as ox and goats Other three farmers consumed the total loan
to address some other social problems.
However, none of the 38 female target farmers violated the consumption of loan.
3. Compliance to community based livestock
by laws
A reluctant husband was to kill a sick sheep before reporting to community based livestock insurance
His wife who signed for loan resisted the killing and as the result managed to secure insurance for her sheep
4.Repayment status in Kilole PA
Groups Total participants
Gender composition
Loan repayment status
Female % Male %
Group I 38 12 26 11 28.9 26 31.7
Group II
38 15 23 14 36.8 1315.9
Group II
44 11 33 11 28.9 2024.4
Total 120 38 82 94.7
72.0
Fruits developmentand gender focused service
• Goma farmers are used to produce some tropical fruits production
• However planting materials were from unknown sources
Constraints identified were– Elongated fruits setting time (7 to 12 years)– Poor quality and low yield– Total failure to set fruits– Disease and pests– Female farmers less access to benefit
Proposed interventions were
1. Characterization of the existing tropical fruit tress so that certain action could be taken to improve its productivity
2. Introducing improved varieties which has shorter fruit setting time with better quality and productivity
However due to various reasons only the second option was acted
Strategies adopted Introducing improved planting materials
from known sourcesMaking the input supply system inbuilt and
sustainableEffecting gender equity so that female
farmers could benefit from tropical fruits production
• 6 model farmers (3 f,3m) were selected
• Experience sharing tour was made to develop awareness on improved tropical fruits production
• Tools like fruits cutting knife and seizures were provided
• Hands on training on grafting techniques was conducted on model farmers field
• Mother trees were established to serve as scion source
PA Farmer name Income in 2008/9
No. of seedlings Unit price ValueETB
Beshasha Kalid Shifa 1375 25 34,375
Kota Kedija A/Raya
120 25 3000
Kota Fozeia Awol 300 25 7500
Kilole Shito Nasir 100 25 2000
Chedro Suse
Sewde Zeleke 120 25 3000
Kilole Tewofik Nedi 130 25 3,250
Total 2055 53,125
Income generated by by selling grafted tropical fruits
Impact on livelihood and vision of target female farmers
• Some of female farmers started building assets which they never had– Fozia bout 0.4 ha coffee plot– Kedije bout heifer– Misku bout better yield Boran breed cow
• All the female farmers witness that the intervention helped the in improving hh food security
W/ro Misku
• Sent her daughter to technical school covering school fee, house rent and food
• She also improved house hold items such as gust seats (ETB 1500) which she never had
• Bought a wooden box to keep her belongings which her husband is proud of
W/ro ShitoManaged to change the relation with her
husband which was not good in her earlier time because of her less or no cash contribution
She got much reorganization from her husband because of skill and knowledge in tropical fruits grafting which he had not
W/ro Misku’s vision change
• She witness that her earlier vision was to see her family having enough meal
Now
• She wants to see all her daughters and sons got higher education and employed
• Have a hand dug well with hand pump fixed to easy her water fetching load
(This month she got her hand dug well but pump not yet)
W/ro Kedija• Her husband was secretary for village
cooperative office but since the last 10 years no job
• She has 15m X 35 m plots only• Her only income source was pet-itrade• She witness that she hassled a lot to have
daily meal • Now she secured household food need
and bought a heifer
Thank You