A review of case studies on targeting women advisory service providers in capacity development programmes: Final report

This Final report identifies best-fit practices, and makes recommendations on how to target women advisory service providers in capacity development programmes. It is envisaged that the study will contribute to the ultimate aim of creating a foundation on which AFAAS can develop a strategy for supporting the Country Forums in making informed decisions on empowering women to be engaged in the provision of Agricultural Advisory Services. A desk study was undertaken to identify best-fit practices, and make recommendations on how to target capacity-strengthening programmes at women advisory service providers. The main source of information was published literature. The review identified three particularly useful case studies: the African Women Leaders in Agriculture and Environment (AWLAE) programme, the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), and the programme on Strengthening Agricultural Technical Training using a Gender Lens in Sudan. All were donor funded and targeted the public sector. Despite the favourable gender-sensitive policy environment in most African nations, they have yet to adopt a systematic approach to addressing the gender gap in the capacity of agricultural extension workers