Gender, Breeding and Genomics Workshop

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1 CGIAR GENDER AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH NETWORK Gender, Breeding and Genomics Workshop October 18-21, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya PROGRAM Workshop Goal and Objectives The goal of the workshop is to increase the relevance and benefits of plant and animal breeding to poor rural women producers in low-income countries, especially Africa. To this end, the workshop is designed to produce a synthesis of past success and promising novel approaches for incorporating gender considerations into the development of improved crop varieties and animal breeds. The workshop aims to stimulate active cross-fertilization of ideas from different breeding, genomics and social science perspectives and experiences to produce some clearly expressed ideas that constitute must-have features of gender-responsive plant or animal breeding. Design principles Promote inter-disciplinary dialogue and understanding through a variety of workshop methods and dialogic approaches Create space for self-motivated learning discussions and exploration in appropriate balance with expert inputs Progress clearly towards a synthesized output in line with the above aims Core Questions for the Workshop: 1. What are the must-have features of gender-responsive plant or animal breeding? 2. How and when can genomic tools help a breeding program that aims to be gender responsive? 3. How and when can social sciences help a breeding program that aims to be gender responsive? When can social analysis make a difference in the breeding cycle and why? What kinds of social information can be useful for breeders in gender- responsive breeding and why? 4. What are the different ways breeders can obtain a reliable flow of information about different preferences of men and women end users? 5. What can women and men farmers (and others?) contribute, how and when in the breeding cycle?

2 DAY ONE Session 1 Plenary 8:30 9:30am Session 2 Plenary :15am Foundational inputs on breeding, genomics and social sciences 10:15 10:45am Session 3 Plenary 10:45 11:00am 11:00-11:30 Illustrative case study: West Africa Sorghum 11:30 12:30pm Welcome and introductions Objectives & agenda Introduction of core questions for this workshop, with contributions from Jacqueline Ashby and Salvatore Ceccarelli 3 short vignette presentations each of 15 minutes. Part 1 of each: Structure of a breeding program (S. Grando) Social dimension of breeding (M. Bellon) Role of genomics in breeding (M. Olsen) BREAK Short Q&A West Africa Sorghum Case Study - 2 presentations (15 minutes each) Breeding perspective (E Weltzien) Social Science Perspective (K. Isaacs) Table discussions, followed by Q&A with presenting panel 12:30 2:00pm LUNCH Session 4 Plenary Short presentations (15 min each) 2:00 3:15pm How and when can genomic tools help a breeding program that Foundational inputs on genomics Part II Genomics M. Olsen (15 min) Short Q&A Genomics of complex traits (W. Thomas) Genomics and sorghum breeding (S. Deshpande) 3:15 3:45pm BREAK 3:45 4:45pm Session 5 Group work discussion groups around today s Core Question Session 6 Interactive Plenary 4:45 5:45pm How and when can genomic tools help a breeding program that Interactive review of working thoughts on the Genomic Core Question 18:30 Cocktail and dinner

3 DAY TWO Session 7 Plenary 8:30 9:30am Foundational inputs on social science Session 8 09:30 11:00am ROUND ONE 11:00 11:30 Summarize key learning from yesterday Set up Core Question for today. How and when can social sciences help a breeding program that Short presentations (15 min each) Part II from M Bellon Q&A What can economics contribute to gender-responsive breeding? (A. Orr) Key findings from the review paper on gender-differentiated traits (J. Ashby, E. Weltzien) Participants elect which Case Study Discussion Group to join Three parallel Case Studies 1. Social and gender dimensions of cassava breeding - NEXTGEN: Hale Ann Tufan and Dunia de Caprio; 2. Mola: the genetics of a nutritious small fish in Bangladesh: Cynthia McDougall, John Benzie; 3. Gender aspects related to livestock breeding (Karen Marshall, Julie Ojango) BREAK 11:30 1:00pm Session 9 ROUND TWO Participants elect which Case Study Discussion Group to join Three parallel Case Studies 4. Gender differentiated preferences in breeding for new matooke hybrids in Uganda (Nasirumbi Losira Sanya and Tendo Rueben Ssali); 5. Participatory breeding and gender role in Canahua, a NUS Andean grain crop in Bolivia (J.P Rodriguez); 6. Barley in Syria and cowpea in Uganda: integration of gender in Participatory Plant Breeding (S. Ceccarelli, S. Grando, A. Galié) 1:00 2:00pm LUNCH Session 10 Group work Working groups Work on the core question of the day: 2:00 3:45pm working groups How and when can social sciences help a breeding program that 3:45 4:15 BREAK Session 11 Plenary Linking genomics opportunities and social analysis insights identified so 4:15 5:45pm far into the Breeding Program Cycle Plenary Discussion & Consolidation

4 DAY THREE Session 12 8:30 09:30am Foundational inputs with a focus on the consumer Session 13 09:30 11:00am ROUND ONE Parallel case Studies Regroup. Set up Core Questions for today to focus on the consumer. What are the different ways breeders can obtain a reliable flow of information about different preferences of men and women end users? What can women and men farmers (and others?) contribute how and when in the breeding cycle? Pre-cooked bean (15 mins) (J. Ouma) Delivery to suit end user preferences (15 mins) (Luis Augusto Becerra) Gender preferences and livestock (15 mins) (Jemimah Njuki) Short Q & A Participants elect which Case Study Discussion Group to join Three parallel Case Studies 7. Towards improved gender-responsive bean breeding: lessons from bean improvement research in selected countries (Enid Katungi); 8. Gender analysis for forage improvement in the Ololili conservation system of Tanzania (A. Galiè); 9. Case study of cassava trait preferences of men and women farmers in Nigeria: Implications for gender-responsive cassava variety development (P. Kulakow) 11:00 11:30am BREAK Session 14 11:30 12:45am ROUND TWO 12:45 2:00pm LUNCH Session 15 2:00-3:00pm working groups Participants elect which Case Study Discussion Group to join Three parallel Case Studies 10. Social and gender dimensions of cassava breeding - NEXTGEN: Hale Ann Tufan and Dunia de Caprio; TBC 11. Access and benefit sharing in participatory plant breeding in South West China (Y. Song) 12. Analysis Of Farmer Preferences For Wheat Variety Traits In Ethiopia (K. Nelson and Sakatu Hunduma) Working groups Work on the Core Questions for today: What are the different ways breeders can obtain a reliable flow of information about different preferences of men and women end users? What can women and men farmers (and others?) contribute how and when in the breeding cycle? pm Cross fertilization of ideas across the learning groups Potentially begin working into breeding program flow charts as groups

5 3:45 4:15pm BREAK Session 16 4: pm Science Discipline Groups Small group discussions among participants of similar scientific disciplines Breeders Genomics Social sciences pm Plenary exchange of offers, requests and understanding across disciplines Invited commentary from experts: Codo, Shoba, Ouma and Jeminah (if present) 7:30pm Working Dinner with the Gender and Breeding Working Group DAY FOUR 8:30 9:00am Interactive Plenary Topic and Approach Regroup Core question for today: What are must-have features of gender-responsive plant or animal breeding 10:30 11:00am BREAK Session 18 Emerging conclusions 11:00 12:45pm Way forward Plenary 12:45 Close for lunch Group work part 1 What are the emerging principles of design for a Gender Responsive Breeding Program? Group work part 2 What are the emerging principles of management and contribution for Gender responsive Breeding Program who doing what, differently