1. The Gender, Agriculture, and
Assets Project (GAAP)
First day themes
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE

2. Who are these people?
IFPRI, ILRI, and associates
BRAC CARE Bangladesh
CSISA (IRRI) East Africa Dairy
Development
(Heifer/ILRI/other
consortium)
Harvest Plus HKI
Kickstart Landesa
Land O’Lakes/Mozambique
BMGF

3. Looking at a whole range of assets
 Natural capital
 Physical capital
 Financial capital
 Human capital
 Social capital
 Political capital
Tangible and
Intangible assets

4. Methodology
All groups used a mixed methods approach
>Qualitative
>Quantitative
 In most cases, qualitative came first and
informed the quantitative work; in HarvestPlus,
the qualitative study came later.
 Universally seen as useful collaboration.
 Value of mid-course adjustments and attention
to gender in clarifying impact pathway through
greater links between M&E and implementing
staff, social and natural scientists

5. Clarifying concepts and definitions
 Access, control, and ownership
• “Men’s” – “Women’s” – “Joint”
 Empowerment
• What are the measures of women’s
empowerment?
 Can we build a set of criteria across
assets that is consistent across research
sites?

6. Emerging themes?
 Critically important to target women and
address gender-based constraints
• e.g., Land O’Lakes/Mozambique and
Kickstart
 Be equally attentive to engaging men to i)
gain support for activities targeting women
and ii) to inhibit any loss of gains already
achieved by women
• e.g., BRAC and HKI

7. Emerging Themes (continued)
 Development of
gendered-asset
pathways through the
conceptual framework
 Intersection of gender
with other social
categories (class/caste,
ethnicity, marital status)
• Special cases of
women-headed
households and/or
widows