1. Research for Empowering Youth and Women in
Agriculture (REYWA): India Perspective
Krishna Srinath and H.K.Dash
Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture
Bhubaneswar, India

2. Broad Objectives
• Addressing gender issues and empowering youth and women
in agriculture through well informed research planning and
policy making
Broad strategies
• Gender sensitive methodology
• Participatory approach
• Collective action by institutions
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3. Priority areas of action
• Progressive engendering of agricultural research and
extension Agrl.
Research Gender issues/gender-
. specific
Horticulture
constraints/gaps in
Social Science Research
agriculture
Gender Research
Crop
How gender
Livestock Assess issues/gaps affect
women and
Fisheries agricultural growth &
NRM &
development
Solutions to reduce
Others gender gap and
empower women in
tune with the goals of
agricultural
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4. Contd---
• Develop and demonstrate science and Technology based
models for women and youth in agriculture
• Create effective networks to leverage strengths of institutions
and human resources
• Greater interaction and convergence between Home Science
and other disciplines (crop, livestock, fisheries etc.) of
agriculture
• Creating global awareness about importance of women in
agriculture (by observing a day as women in agriculture day
every year –in India Dec 4 is observed)
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5. Challenges for partnerships on gender-some Lessons
• Lack of congruence between agri-research and development
priorities; institutional priorities and sectoral priorities
• Apprehension and uncertainty about the output /outcomes of
partnerships on gender based agricultural research
• Lack of a shared understanding and goal among partners
• Limited understanding of the subject ‘gender’ and its relevance for
specific institutional mandate
• Communication gap among partners during formulation and
implementation of the programme
• Partnership as a research/programme management methodology not
yet well embedded into institutional framework
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6. Measures to create greater impact
• Well-Planned programme on capacity building to create gender
sensitized researchers and a cadre of gender professionals for agri-
research
• A collaborative programme on ‘strengthening gender perspective in
agricultural research’ to demonstrate value of gender research and
women empowerment
• Create institutional structures -gender assessment and monitoring
(GAM) cells within research organizations
The very objective of adding gender perspective in agri-research is to make
research output contextually relevant and socially appropriate so as to
improve their development effectiveness
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7. Intended outcomes
• Greater sharing of new information, knowledge, technology and
evidences (for gender based R&D planning )
• Methodology, approach and models for empowerment of youth
and women
• Enhanced capacity of women for both individual and collective
action in agriculture
• More productive space for women and gender synergy
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8. Thank You
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