Knowledge management Gender in agricultural risk management Analytical framework Publication and operational guidelines May 2019 International Fund [email protected] Contacts for Agricultural Development (IFAD) www.p4arm.org PARM Secretariat Via Paolo di Dono 44 - 00142 Rome (Italy) @parminfo Platform for Agricultural Risk Management Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Knowledge management Publication Study on gender in Agricultural Risk Management Analytical framework and operational guidelines May 2019 Conducted by: Desiree ZWANCK Senior Gender Specialist Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Acknowledgements The current study was developed in collaboration between the PARM team led by Massimo Giovanola and com- prising of Carlos Arce, Nikita Blanes and Ilaria Tedesco, and an external gender consultant Desiree Zwanck. The team is especially grateful to the PARM Country Liaison Officers Jallah Kennedy (Liberia), Aboubacar Issa (Niger), Nalishebo Meebelo (Zambia), Sokhna Mbaye Diop (Senegal), members of the PARM capacity devel- opment network Sanoussi Atta (AGHRYMET, Niger), Mateugue Diack (Gaston Berger University, Senegal) and Susan Kaaria (Senior Gender Officer, FAO Rome – with Kostas Stamulis), as well as selected specialists Haua Hima (Sociologist, Niger), Asa Giertz (World Bank), Miranda Morgan (Oxfam, Great Britain), Simon Renk (World Food Programme, Lebanon) and Djeneba Tapsoba (Senior Gender Advisor, CILSS, Burkina Faso) for their avail- ability to participate in the key informant interviews and the valuable information shared. The team would also like to extend its appreciation to PARM staff Emily Coleman and Flavia Della Rosa (Agricultural Insurance, IFAD) as well as IFAD Gender Department staff Silvia Sperandini, Steven Jonckheere, Petra Jarvinen, Nadya Beltchika and Anita Kelles-Viitanen for their helpful contributions. Final thanks to Acosta Design Lab for the formatting the study report and to the PARM Knowledge Management team (Karima Cherif and Balikisu Osman) for their keen eyes in reviewing the final report and its formatting. Photo de couverture: © PARM/Carlos Tomas Lora Acosta. Study on gender in Agricultural Risk Management | Analytical framework and operational guidelines | May 2019 5 Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods About the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management is an outcome initiative of the G8 and G20 discussions on food security and agricultural growth. PARM is a four-year multi-donor partnership between the European Commission (EC), the French Development Agency (AFD), the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGCS), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ/KfW) and IFAD, in strategic partnership with NEPAD and other de- velopment partners, to make risk management an integral part of policy planning and implementation in the agricultural sector. PARM has as its overall mandate to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth, boost rural investment, re- duce food insecurity, and improve resilience to climate and market shocks on the part of rural house- holds, through improved management of risks. PARM plays the role of knowledge broker and facilitator, aimed at: enabling the integration of agricultural risk management (ARM) into policy planning and invest- ment in the agricultural sector; enhancing national stakeholders' awareness and capacities for manage- ment of agricultural risks; improving generation, access and sharing of knowledge; strengthening syner- gies with partners on ARM-related issues; developing methodologies for risk analysis; and adoption of holistic risk management strategies. 6 Study on gender in Agricultural Risk Management | Analytical framework and operational guidelines | May 2019 Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods Contents List of acronyms .......................................................................................................................................................................................9 List of boxes, tables and figures ......................................................................................................................................10 Executive summary .............................................................................................................................................................................11 1. Introduction 1.1. Gender and agricultural risk management ................................................................................................. 16 1.1.1. Why do we need to integrate gender into ARM? ....................................................................................................................... 16 1.1.2. Gender in supply chain management .............................................................................................................................................. 18 1.1.3. Gender-smart tools in the agricultural sector .............................................................................................................................. 19 1.2. Objective and scope of the study ........................................................................................................................20 1.3. Methodological approach ..............................................................................................................................................21 2. The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management 2.1 Mandate and vision ..................................................................................................................................................................22 2.2 Gender-informed work within PARM ............................................................................................................. 23 3. An analytical framework for gender-informed ARM 3.1. Unit of analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................. 26 3.2 Guiding principles ................................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.3 Integrating gender into the PARM framework ...................................................................................30 3.3.1. The risk assessment and prioritization stage .............................................................................................................................30 3.3.2. The tools identification and prioritization stage ........................................................................................................................31 3.3.3. Trainings, knowledge management, partnership and policy integration ..................................................................... 34 3.3.4. Monitoring and evaluation ................................................................................................................................................................. 39 3.4 Summary ..............................................................................................................................................................................................40 Study on gender in Agricultural Risk Management | Analytical framework and operational guidelines | May 2019 7 Platform for Agricultural Risk Management | Managing risks to improve farmers’ livelihoods 4. Guidelines for integrating gender into ARM 4.1. Gender-responsive risk assessment and prioritization ............................................................ 43 Risk assessment ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 National stakeholder workshop ....................................................................................................................................................................46 4.2. Tools identification and prioritization .......................................................................................................... 47 Tool identification stage and feasibility studies .................................................................................................................................... 47 High level policy dissemination workshop ..............................................................................................................................................49 4.3. Trainings, knowledge management, partnership and policy integration .......50 Learning and knowledge management ....................................................................................................................................................50 Capacity development.......................................................................................................................................................................................52 Strategic partnership and synergies .........................................................................................................................................................