Overview
There were three distinct phases to the project, each building
on the preceding phase: a literature
review, a review of
practice and fieldwork.
Literature Review
The literature review highlighted common
challenges women face internationally in accessing and applying
appropriate training for rural livelihoods.
Review of Practice
Based on these findings, the review of
practice examined the strategies past projects used to address
these challenges, analysing a broad cross-section of evaluations of
projects conducted by aid agencies such as the World Bank, the FAO,
USAID and Danida that delivered training for rural women. The
review explored common challenges associated with agricultural and
enterprise training for women smallholders, and drew out methods of
addressing them that have proved successful in different contexts
and on different continents.
Project Case
Studies
Finally, to improve our understanding of
how training interacted with the various other factors in play,
fieldwork was undertaken in four projects across two
countries, India and Ghana. Each region and project was selected on
the basis of the findings from the literature review and the review
of practice, scoping visits by the research team and by the fact
that the project could provide evaluation data on the successes and
learning points from their agricultural extension work with
women.
Further details on each phase of the
project can be found in the final
report.