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Checklist for integrating gender perspective in agricultural extension research project
Background
The under-representation of farm women's perspective in agricultural research badly affects gender sensitive technology development. Extension research system is having inbuilt component of gender but remain inattentive. Hence, there is need for special reforms to focus especially on gender aspects which can reinforce to take in account both farm men and women equally. All agricultural research institutes in have inbuilt component of technology transfer to farmers but women farmers are bypassed inadvertently. Hence, the proposed checklist is designed to assist project investigator/team for bringing gender perspectives in agricultural extension research projects. It can be used as a planning guide for bringing gender perspective in new extension research projects, as a review procedure for the extension research projects in progress, and as a criterion for gender assessment of completed extension research projects.
Technology description
This checklist follows a gender analysis framework and is intended to be comprehensive, flexible and adaptable. The checklist consists of 28 statements/items to be used as check while incorporating gender perspective in the extension research projects. The equal weightage is assigned to each statement/item in checklist. The checklist statements may be administered to the project investigator on two point continuums, viz. Yes and No with the scores of 1 and 0, respectively. The overall possible maximum and minimum scores are 28 and 0, respectively. Thus, gender assessment value of each response/project ranges from 0 to 1 i.e. when it is lowest, the score is 0 and when it is highest, the score is 1. The higher gender assessment value indicate greater gender sensitivity of project. It is calculated by following formula;
Checklist for Integrating Gender Perspective in Agricultural Extension Research Project
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Sl. No. |
Statements |
Weightage |
Yes |
No |
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1
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Have both farm men's and women's major income generating activity and gender division of labour been determined? |
1/28 |
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2
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Have the existing needs for farm men and women been identified? |
1/28 |
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3
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Have both farm men and women been consulted directly regarding their needs? |
1/28 |
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4
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Has any of the following related gender issues been focused to address? | Production/Productivity |
1/28 |
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| Access to and control over resources as well as benefits |
1/28
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| Gender relations |
1/28
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| Health and nutrition |
1/28
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| Drudgery |
1/28
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5
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Have gender balanced and gender aware project team been selected? |
1/28 |
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6
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Are the project objectives adequately addressing to identified gender issues and needs? |
1/28 |
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7
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Have the measurable gender indices to assess progress been developed? |
1/28 |
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8
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Have the tools to collect gender disaggregated data been prepared? |
1/28 |
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9
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Have methodology for analysing the data from gender perspective been developed? |
1/28 |
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10
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Have the organisations working for gender and development might contribute to the project been identified/consulted? |
1/28 |
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11
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Have the gender balance in selecting project beneficiaries been ensured? |
1/28 |
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12
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Are the targeted beneficiaries from vulnerable social groups? |
1/28 |
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13
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Have the constraints for farm men's and women's participation in the project been identified? |
1/28 |
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14
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Have the personnel, timing and location relevant and accessible to both farm men and women for the project activities been determined? |
1/28 |
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15
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Have the strategies for facilitating farm men's and women's participation in the project activities been planned? |
1/28 |
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16
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Have the strategies for ensuring project's extension system delivery reach to both farm men and women been planned? |
1/28 |
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17
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Has the separate budget for those strategies been allocated? |
1/28 |
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18
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Have the farm technologies according to need of farm men and women been identified or developed? |
1/28 |
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19
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Are the identified or developed technologies consistent with existing gender denominations in the farming communities? |
1/28 |
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20
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Has any of the following related changes been expected? |
Production/Productivity |
1/28 |
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| Access to and control over resources as well as benefits | |||||
| Gender relations | |||||
| Health and nutrition | |||||
| Drudgery | |||||
How it is women friendly?
It ensures the development of gender sensitive extension research projects for well being of farm women.
Performance:
It can be tested with any extension research project.
Locale of dissemination/ application:
Agricultural extension research projects
Outcomes/impact/benefits:
Gender sensitive agricultural extension research projects
Limitations if any
It requires suitable modification based on the type of extension research projects.
Photos
Nil
Source (author/organization):
Argade, S. D., Mishra, S., Sarkar, A., Sahoo, L. P. and Moharana, G. ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Developed/tested/refined:
Developed and tested
Year and purpose:
2017; To integrate gender perspective in agricultural extension research projects
Cost:
Contingency: Nil
Patent/Commercialization:
Nil
Weather further study/ modification are required or not:
Yes, needs further modification based on type of extension research projects.