Client & Partner: Yayasan Care Peduli Jakarta,
McCormick’s Purpose-Led Performance goals include increasing the “resilience of 90% of smallholder farmers that grow their key iconic herbs and spices, as measured by increasing skills and capacity, income, access to financial services, education, and nutrition and health.” McCormick has worked with CARE for several years, in support of these wider goals. Initial engagements focused on understanding the role of women in the McCormick supply chain, and the challenges faced in their lives and households. Based on the early findings from this work, which showed needs and challenges for women across McCormick’s supply chain, McCormick asked CARE to develop a Rapid Impact Women’s Empowerment Framework (RI-WEF)
REDI was awarded by CARE Jakarta Office to support them in the RI-WEF with secondary data and primary data collection. The study was expected to model assessment and monitor women’s empowerment across McCormick’s agricultural supply chains; the initial model was tested in a pilot location, and then gradually deployed and adapted to additional contexts. In addition, it was to support women farmers and women in farming households to improve their social and economic status, including clear options for short-term and medium-term programming options. The data collection technique applied to both quantitative and qualitative methods Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs).
The survey. The survey questionnaire addressed questions of female contribution on the cinnamon cultivation activities, their daily activities doing the household chores, and their role in household and farm decision making. In addition, the survey instrument also captured the female respondent’s self-perception, confidence, and Gender Equitable Attitude (GEM). In total, there were 272 farmer households surveyed comprised of three types of farmer households, and they are (1) male-headed HH with female adult HH member, (2) female-headed HH and no male adult HH member, and (3) male-headed HH and no female adult HH member.
The key informant interviews (KIIs). KIIs were carried out with female and male cinnamon farmers, a cinnamon trader at the village, subdistrict, and district operational level, village, and hamlet officials. The KII addressed questions to capture informant’s experience on cinnamon cultivation, their access to inputs, market, and financial services and challenges faced by them on cinnamon cultivation. Overall, of 30 targeted KII informants, the team was successful in interviewing 28 informants or a 93.3% completion rate.
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). FGDs were carried out two times in each village by inviting female and male cinnamon farmers and village or hamlet officials. Overall, the team conducted six FGD and was attended by 52 participants. Each of the FGD was conducted in 60 minutes time duration