FAO's Integrated Support to Sustainable Development and Food Security Programme (IP)FAO's Integrated Support to Sustainable Development and Food Security
Programme (IP) was initiated in March 1998, with funding from the
governments of Norway and Finland. It is a normative programme implemented
in collaboration with partners in Namibia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The
aim of the IP is to promote synergy through interdisciplinary collaboration
and information-sharing across and in support of ongoing rural development
programmes. Gender is mainstreamed throughout the programme, and several of
the activities involve capacity-building in relation to gender. Workshops on
Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) and Gender disaggregated data have been held in partner countries, and activities focusing on appropriate farm
technologies for women and men are under development. Namibia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe have an interdisciplinary national task force (NTF) or national working group (NWG) who are responsible for planning activities and providing technical advice. Each country has a national facilitator who is responsible for the logistics, co-ordination and
implementation of the activities.
In collaboration with partners from the veterinary medicine, research, statistics, extension, farm animal genetic resources, agricultural engineering and others, the IP in Uganda has developed activities in line with the national priorities presented at the IP planning workshop in July 1999.So far the focus has been on establishing networks and collaboration between diverse sectors that are working towards food security in Uganda. Much of the work has been centered on gender mainstreaming and participatory tools and methods.Several training of trainer's workshops in Socio-economic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) have been conducted, and the National Facilitators have acted as resource persons for national and international organisations in Uganda on gender mainstreaming issues. The IP has collaborated with the Household Agricultural Support Programme (HASP) in training their extension staff in Socio-economic and participatory tools and methods. The HASP programme is a part of DANIDA's support to the Agricultural Sector Programme, and they are implementing activities in collaboration with the local government and the Ministry of Agriculture. SEAGA training of trainer's workshops were held in May 2000 in the Pallisa, Tororo, Masaka, Rakai and Kabarole districts, and 118 men and 25 women were trained. The IP in Uganda has also collaborated closely with the National Agriculture Research Organisation (NARO), and assisted in the facilitation of a gender sensitisation workshop in the spring of 2000. In collaboration with Buckley High School, Makerere University and other partners, the IP facilitators have presented participatory tools and methods at a seminar for teachers in addition to gender sensitisation activities. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Makerere University is collaborating with the IP in engendering the curricula. A one-day meeting for users and producers of data took place in November 2000. The objective of the meeting was to initiate a dialogue among key stakeholders in data production and utilisation and to identify training needs in gender disaggregated data among stakeholders at all levels. In mid-November, a Ugandan participant (statistician) from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) attend an IP workshop on gender disaggregated data in Namibia. A training workshop on gender disaggregated data was held for technical staff in April 2001 in Entebbe. More activities related to gender disaggregated data are under development. For more information about the IP, please contact one of the IP National
Facilitators in Uganda: More information can also be obtained from the IP Website. Please visit our webpages on gender and the SD-dimensions: The SEAGA Programme promotes a general awareness and sensitivity towards gender issues. It also strengthens the capacity of development specialists to incorporate gender considerations into development planning. SEAGA offers practical methods and tools that can be used at the field, intermediate and macro levels. The SEAGA Programme was initiated in 1993 to operationalise gender analysis in an integrated and practical manner and to respond to the major development challenges of the 1990s and beyond. Approach Principles Objectives Content Package Users For further information on SEAGA, contact: |