Presented by Diriba Mengistu, Yabello Pastoral and Dryland Agriculture Research Centre, at the Gender Capacity Development Training, ILRI Addis, 23-27 October 2017

1. G E N D E R C A P A C I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T A C T I O N P L A N
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T
M O D U L E 1
D I R I B A M E N G I S T U , Y A B E L L O P A S T O R A L A N D D R Y L A N D
A G R I C U L T U R E R E S E A R C H C E N T R E
Gender Capacity Development Training, ILRI Addis, 23-27 October 2017

2. GENDER CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
FOR RESEARCH STAFF
Sex Male Female Total % female
No 31 12 43 28%

3. CERTIFICATE FOR PARTICIPATION
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• Yabello Pastoral and Dryland Agriculture Research Center
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• Cerificate of Participation
•This is to certify that Siraj Kelil has attended on Gender analysis and Strategic Planning training on
May 10, 2017 organized by Yabello Pastoral and Dryland Agriculture Research Center, Yabello,
Ethiopia.
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• __________________
• Ahmed Mohammed
• Yabello Pastoral and Dryland Agriculture Research Center
• Center Director

4. IMPLEMENTATION OF GENDER ANALYSIS (HARVARD
FRAMEWORK) IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Farming system Characterization, 2017

5. GENDER SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION AND
PARTICIPATION OF FEMALE DURING DATA COLLECTION
• This activity was implemented in collaboration with Yabello Pastoral development office
Activity title PRG Member
M F Total (%)
Participatory control of tick and Acaricides resistance management
approaches in cattle Borana zone, southern Ethiopia.
19 6 25
24%
Participatory Growth Improvement of Local Sheep through
Crossing with Exotic Dorper
18 7 25
28%
Participatory Demonstration and Evaluation of Bush Encroachment
Control Techniques in Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia
18 7 25
28%
Participatory evaluation of released open pollinated and hybrid
maize varieties for moisture stress areas of Dugda Dawa, Southern
Oromia
18 7 25
28%
Evaluation of Improved Sorghum Varieties at Teltale District of
Borana Zone, Southern Oromia
18 7 25
28%
Value chain analysis of dairy product in Borana zone (Trader
respondents)
14 40 54
74%

6. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN, 2017
Farming system characterization Dairy value chain analysis

7. IMPLEMENTATION & ENABLING FACTORS
Activities performed Enabling factors
Gender capacity development for
research staff
- Government strategy
- Institutional policy (30% female
participant)
Implementation of gender Analysis
(Harvard Framework) in research
activities (Partial)
- Demand for gender
disaggregated data
- Government strategy to
gender in research system
Gender sensitive technology
demonstration and participation of
female during data collection
- Customary practices of the
community
- Institutional policy to
mainstream gender
- Demand for gender
disaggregated data

8. OVERALL PERFORMANCE
•Generally, more than 75% of the action plan was
performed
•The action plan is from its beginning was based
on the practical duties of the center

9. CHANGED OR IMPROVED
AS A RESULT OF IMPLEMENTING ACTION PLAN
Changes Evidence of change
Most of the projects are
gender sensitive
All new research projects were
evaluated against gender
mainstreaming
Awareness of the research
staff
Know how of staff improved
Implementation of gender
analysis tools
Activity profile implemented
Considering female in
research activities
More than 24% females participated
in research activities

10. SUSTAIN THE CHANGES
•The gender mainstreaming become among the
project evaluation criteria for approval
•Linkage with other stakeholder strengthen
(established ADPLAC)
•Empowering females’ researchers in the
leadership position
•Gender committee established at the center
level

11. ACTION REQUIRED
TO ENABLE THE ORGANIZATION
Actions by the organization Actions by others
Encourage all research unit to
incorporate the gender
mainstreaming
Need fund support and
collaboration (Linkage)
Development of gender
sensitive project
Need collaborative fund and
monitoring
Gender sensitive M & E Technical support and fund

12. SUCCESS HISTORY
Situation
(What was the
problem?)
- Weak perception of gender mainstreaming
- Low implementation of gender analysis tool
- low attention of gender sensitive project development
- low participation of female in research activities
Action
(What has been
done to address
the problem?)
- Gender capacity development
- Enforcement of gender sensitive project development
- Implementation gender analysis tools
- Encouraging female participation in research activities

13. SUCCESS ---
Result
(What has changed as a
result of the
intervention?)
- More than 65% of research participated on gender capacity
development training
- More than 24% female participated on PRG activities
- Female were participated on data collection
- Gender analysis tools were implemented
- Delegating female in leadership position
- Considering female during recruitment
Evidence
(What quantitative and
qualitative evidence
support the change?)
- Number of staff participated on training
- number of female participated on data collection
- % of female participated in PRG
- Number of female in committees at center level
- Number of female on management position
- Number of female recruite
Replicability
(How can the change be
expanded and sustained
by your organization or
other organizations?)
- Continues capacity development
- Gender sensitive M &E
- Gender sensitive project evaluation
- Creating stakeholder platform

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16. • Thank you for Listening