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SUMMARY:GREAT Course: Gender-Responsive Root\, Tuber\, and Banana Breeding
DESCRIPTION:The 2016 GREAT course focuses on Gender-Responsive Root\, Tuber and Banana (RTB) Breeding. GREAT courses have a focus on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are offered to multi-disciplinary project teams. \nGREAT applied gender training for agricultural researchers offers tailored skills development in gender-responsiveness for the design\, implementation\, evaluation\, and communicationstages of agricultural research projects. GREAT courses are tailored to specific agriculture disciplines and value chains\, offering gender training linked to practice in agricultural research\, targeted to research communities. The courses are designed to balance the depth of theory needed to internalize concepts with practical tools to apply in ongoing projects. GREAT aims to equip research teams with tools and skills to act\, and move beyond “gender sensitization”. \nCourse Objectives\nThe 2016 Gender-responsive RTB Breeding course covers the following learning objectives: \n\nIdentify gender-based constraints and opportunities along the RTB value chains\nFrame gender research questions that focus on key gender issues relevant to RTB breeding\nDesign gender-responsive RTB breeding research projects recognizing the contributions and impacts of breeding products on women and men\nChoose and use tools for collecting relevant sex-disaggregated qualitative and quantitative data (mixed methods)\nAnalyze\, interpret\, learn from and report sex-disaggregated data\, triangulating mixed methods and making course corrections if necessary\nWork in multi-disciplinary teams of agricultural researchers and gender researchers\nDevelop gender-responsive M&E (monitoring and evaluation) indicators and a learning agenda to track changes and measure project outcomes\nTrack change to demonstrate how including gender-responsive technology development and dissemination impacts women’s empowerment\nProvide gender-sensitive facilitation and feedback to communities\nDevelop budgets to include gender research and analyses\nPerform gender-responsive stakeholder analyses and impact pathway mapping\nCommunicate and capably present evidence to different audiences\, including policy makers and peer-reviewed publications\n\nDelivery Approach\nGREAT uses a blended model of two face-to-face training events with field work and e- mentoring and learning in between\, structured in three parts: \n\nWeek 1 (face-to-face training): an introductory module on general theory and concepts of gender-responsiveness and applied instruction on qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis approaches –12th-21st September 2016\nPractice (field application): practice with collection of qualitative and quantitative sex-disaggregated data from ongoing projects\, supported by e-learning and e-mentoring-anytime between September 2016 and February 2017\nWeek 2 (face-to-face training): a data analysis\, interpretation\, and feedback/advocacy module- 13th-17th February 2017\n\nParticipating teams must complete all three parts for individuals in that team to qualify for certification. All face-to-face instruction will take place in Kampala\, Uganda. \nEligibility\n\nGREAT courses are offered to research teams of up to three (3) people per research project.\nFor the 2016 offering on gender-responsive RTB breeding\, applicant project teams must be engaged in funded and ongoing RTB breeding projects in SSA.\nParticipant team members should be RTB scientists\, both women and men\, from NARIs\,universities\, CGIAR centers\, regional organizations\, NGOs and other agricultural research entities based in SSA.\nIn addition to RTB scientists\, teams should also include gender researchers (social scientists) involved in the target projects\, as well as M&E specialists where possible. As GREAT courses emphasize interdisciplinarity\, priority will be given to project teams that include gender researchers and M&E specialists.\nNo prior experience in gender research is necessary.\nCourse instruction will be in English.\nNOTE: The GREAT course requires field data collection between Week 1 and Week 2. It is important that the applicant team’s project can support small-scale (pre-test level) gender data collection in the field. If a team does not have access to funding for field work\, but shows exceptional research design and planning\, the GREAT course will supply small grants to support field work on a competitive basis.\n\nHow to Apply\nThe application for the Gender-Responsive RTB Breeding course has closed. For more information\, please contact Hale Ann Tufan ((function(){var ml="n3k2eraFdc)oEmuft0l-i6A.hsD4C%"\,mi="M1L6M3AH54?M1JM33=6DB@;M1FH6@1EMKA9;504BBG48>:M33M3AM3A9B6IIM1JM33=6DB@;CBD02M33M1:M1LM376M1
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/great-course-gender-responsive-root-tuber-banana-breeding/
LOCATION:to be circulated among participants\, Kampala\, Uganda
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Composting for Sustainable Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:The Fertile Grounds Initiative (FGI) in collaboration with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform is organizing a workshop on “Composting for Sustainable Agriculture: Facts\, myths\, potentials and business opportunities”\, at CIAT\, ICIPE Duduville Campus\, Kasarani\, Nairobi\, Kenya on September 12 and 13\, 2016. \nThe Fertile Grounds Initiative closely partners with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and CIAT to deliver a series of workshops on conditions for improved nutrient recycling in East Africa. The overall ambition is to develop viable pathways of change towards a circular nutrient economy. The objective of this series is to enhance knowledge and create awareness about the potentials of organic nutrient sources in terms of quality and quantity for sustainable agricultural intensification\, and the role of stakeholders and conditions for lasting success. \nThe aim of the workshop is to generate awareness on the potential of utilizing organic resources; create a network of people who are involved or interested in getting involved in composting projects; build upon existing expertise and experiences in waste management; and to increase knowledge on developing business models for resource recovery. \nParticipants will include various stakeholders from research\, NGO’s\, governmental organizations\, private sector and networks with different experiences and expertise in organic resource management\, and who can help to expand the knowledge and information. \nRegistration\nThis workshop is by invitation only. There are 15 places left for interested experts in the field of organic resource management. If you are one of these experts and interested in participating in the free two-day workshop on “Composting for Sustainable Agriculture”\, please send your request via email to Nadine Herold\, (function(){var ml="ia4kco.u-wtedDh%n2frs03mECAFl"\,mi="?FI1?AE>C;B?F=?AAG10L:5?FJ@1;C5L
URL:https://knowledge4food.net/event/workshop-compost-sustainable-agriculture/
LOCATION:ICIPE Duduville Campus\, Kasarani\, Nairobi\, Kenya
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