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WEL-GEM Annual Learning Journey Day 4 Azerbaijan, 2-6 July 2012

WEL-GEM Annual Learning Journey Day 4 Azerbaijan, 2-6 July 2012. Agenda, day 4. 09:00 Strawberry market map presentation 09:20 Three groups collect main observations of field trip 10:00 Presentation of main observations 10:45 Break

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WEL-GEM Annual Learning Journey Day 4 Azerbaijan, 2-6 July 2012

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  1. WEL-GEM Annual Learning JourneyDay 4Azerbaijan, 2-6 July 2012

  2. Agenda, day 4 09:00 Strawberry market map presentation 09:20 Three groups collect main observations of field trip 10:00 Presentation of main observations 10:45 Break 11:00 2 groups: recommendations on 1) women’s agency and 2) how to fill gaps 11:45 Presentation of recommendations 12:15 First thoughts from Azerbaijan team 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Travel from Ganja to Baku

  3. Challenges and Opportunities in market chain for strawberry Laws on cooperatives. People working as cooperatives pay 14% tax but individuals pay 2%. Disincentive to collective business action. New cooperative law proposed by Oxfam & partners read in parliament Lack of contacts (traders/market) especially for women who risk sexual (eye) harassment when they go out to build contacts Impact of processing companies: Ready-to-cook food saves women’s time Business Environment Corruption in subsidies and to low rate agri loans Equal distribution of land & water between men & women but mainly men get the land Difficulties in trading. Access to local small markets easy but to big markets needs to pay bribe No planning in cultivating the agricultural crops. No Rotation plan Low level of communal services (gas,water, electricity Lack of trust between market actors Bazar zənciri Foreign Suppliers Small/Big Processing companies/women employees 40% Middlemen Distributers Shops/10% women Consumers Strawberry growing farmers 70% women Traders in Bazaar 30% women Markets/supermarkets/fresh fruit shops/10% women Bizness Services Waged Workers 80 % women mainly in harvesting and weeding Technologies Agro Information Services Seedling and fertilisers providers Financial Services Market Information Difficulties to access low rate interest loans especially for women farmers . Fear no able to repay. No collateral. No reference.Cultural “gossip” of bad women. No insurance. Limited number of agro information centres with unprofessional experts. Some women extension workers. BDS not used. • Providing the seedlings of new varieties and fertilisers. Mainly men get access coz women don’t drive to shops • Limited Technology • Limited condition for soil, water analyses. • Women working by hand. High level of hard work for women coz lack of proper tech Low paid work. 10-20 % men, husbands and teenages mainly for transporting the women or for irrigation Women have no access to internet. Only women get info by mobile tel.

  4. Objective:Identify strategic interventsions that can increase women’s agency within households and the market chainQuestions:What useful information did you find out – highlights and what was new?What gaps do we still have – other organizations or market actors in the market system that we need to know more about?

  5. Agenda, day 4 09:00 Strawberry market map presentation 09:20 Three groups collect main observations of field trip 10:00 Presentation of main observations 10:45 Break 11:00 2 groups: recommendations on 1) women’s agency and 2) how to fill gaps 11:45 Presentation of recommendations 12:15 First thoughts from Azerbaijan team 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Travel from Ganja to Baku

  6. Agenda, day 4 Gaps identified:

  7. Agenda, day 4 09:00 Strawberry market map presentation 09:20 Three groups collect main observations of field trip 10:00 Presentation of main observations 10:45 Break 11:00 2 groups: recommendations on 1) women’s agency and 2) how to fill gaps 11:45 Presentation of recommendations 12:15 First thoughts from Azerbaijan team 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Travel from Ganja to Baku

  8. Agenda, day 4 09:00 Strawberry market map presentation 09:20 Three groups collect main observations of field trip 10:00 Presentation of main observations 10:45 Break 11:00 2 groups: recommendations on 1) women’s agency and 2) how to fill gaps 11:45 Presentation of recommendations 12:15 First thoughts from Azerbaijan team 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Travel from Ganja to Baku

  9. Request! 2 rapporteurs: on the bus / this evening: “Thoughts on the field visit, what was good, what could we have done better, how does it feel for the host country?” Feedback to Thomas or Liz or Ipe this eve / over breakfast tmrw.

  10. Session 10: Recommendations on a) Women’s Agency and b) Gap-filling Divide into 2 groups: 20 mins • In just 1 day, we can’t meet all the actors in the market chain. To make a comprehensive analysis: “What gaps do we still have in understanding the household dynamics & institutional landscape – what are your recommendations on how to fill these? 25 mins • “What strategic interventions would you make to the Oxfam Azerbaijan team on how they can work with stakeholders in households and the market chain toincrease women’s agency “ • EACH GROUP TO DO 10 MIN REPORT BACK AT 11.45!! • THEN, INITIAL THOUGHTS FROM OXFAM AZERBAIJAN (Shovcat & Joel)

  11. Session 10: Group a) Women’s Agency and Group b) Gap-filling 45 minutes in groups10 minutes each feedback Group B: 1. Mulugeta 2. Alexander 3. Rebecca 4. Shovcat 5. Elbay 6. Ramila 7. Saida 8. Sonali 9. Elvin • Group A: • Norul • Neima • Zahria • Rosa • Ann • Joel • Sevinj • Hagigat

  12. Agenda, day 4 Can the issue be solved / opportunity be realised? (if not, walk away) Analyse critical potential solution (is it achivable/what is the impact?) Is action required? (nice to have/need to have?) Who are the actors? (whose role is it, who will pay?) • HOW • Do the analysis by taking each root cause through 3 simple questions: • Can the issue/opportunity be solved/realised? • Is the intervention achievable within the context of your environment/programme? • Is it a fundamental and sustainable change? • The root causes / underlying factors for which the answer is ”yes” to all three questions above, the analysis continues with 2 additional steps: • Rank the interventions based on: a) Greatest impact , b) Ease of implementation • Determine which actor is best placed to drive the intervention?

  13. Agenda, day 4 09:00 Strawberry market map presentation 09:20 Three groups collect main observations of field trip 10:00 Presentation of main observations 10:45 Break 11:00 2 groups: recommendations on 1) women’s agency and 2) how to fill gaps 11:45 Presentation of recommendations 12:15 First thoughts from Azerbaijan team 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Travel from Ganja to Baku

  14. Agenda, day 4 09:00 Strawberry market map presentation 09:20 Three groups collect main observations of field trip 10:00 Presentation of main observations 10:45 Break 11:00 2 groups: recommendations on 1) women’s agency and 2) how to fill gaps 11:45 Presentation of recommendations 12:15 First thoughts from Azerbaijan team 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Travel from Ganja to Baku

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