Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC)

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Project's full title Boosting Evidence on Biodiversity and Gender for Sustainable Livestock Transformation
Introduction This project aims to fill a critical gap in the availability of harmonized data on the performance of pastoralism in biodiversity and the role women play into the livestock sector.
Country Mongolia Tunisia Uganda
Start date 01/02/2024
End date 31/12/2025
Status Ongoing
Recipient / Target Areas Mongolia, Tunisia, Uganda
Budget USD 800 000
Project Code FVC/GLO/198/MUL
Objective / Goal

This project aims to fill a critical gap in the availability of harmonized data on the performance of pastoralism in biodiversity and the role women play into the livestock sector. Harmonized data, in this context, refers to data that is consistent across different methodologies and ensures comparability and reliability in assessing the pastoral production systems in biodiversity and gender. The lack of data is particularly pronounced when it comes to the contributions of pastoral communities and women to livestock development, which are often unrecognized and constrained by multiple challenges and inequalities. By generating this missing data, especially on biodiversity and pastoralism and gender, the project will support sustainable livestock transformation through informed policies. The project will contribute to the implementation of the principles included in the Framework for Gender-Responsive Livestock Development, including improved data and evidence on gender and livestock as well as expanding this framework to other vulnerable people.

In addition to assisting the implementation of the framework, using also other source of funding, the subprogramme will establish a stakeholders forum for mainstreaming gender and vulnerable people into sustainable livestock development. The project will support three countries (Mongolia, Tunisia and Uganda) to generate harmonized and robust data on the role of pastoralism in biodiversity and the empowerment of vulnerable people, particularly women and youth. The subprogramme has the following outputs:

  • The Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE) is strengthened for assessing the performance of pastoral production systems in biodiversity and gender
  • TAPE data on the performance of pastoralism in biodiversity are available and analyzed and evidence on the relationship between pastoralism, biodiversity and gender are generated
  • Evidence generated is made available to policy makers to strengthen or mainstream gender and biodiversity in existing national livestock and climate action policies
  • Women, youth and vulnerable people participation in livestock value chains is strengthened through capacity development.