Resonance - Investing in Women to Strengthen Supply Chains: A Global Development Alliance (GDA) - 2022

Description of Project:

The purpose of project is to design country specific interventions, the project conducted supply chain and gender assessments in target countries to understand farmer and supplier dynamics in PepsiCo supply chains, with an emphasis on current roles men and women have on-farm and in the home; perceptions of women in the supply chain; and, heard directly from women on the barriers and opportunities in achieving economic empowerment.

The Vietnam Gender and Supply Chain Assessment is the first step to identify constraints and opportunities in current supplier networks and growth geographies that could benefit from improved engagement and support. The assessment will report on opportunities, constraints, and preferences of farming communities (and women in particular) and provide recommendations for culturally appropriate improvements suitable for Vietnam’s specific context. The analyses were practical, and field focused to highlight the realities and nuances of farmers and their relationship with PepsiCo.

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment

The assessment covered two different regions in Vietnam: the Central Highlands and the Red River Delta. Given these considerations, the participants for interviews and group consultations are PepsiCo lead farmer, PepsiCo aggregator, PepsiCo Household, Governments, Private sector, Financial institution and Gender expert.

· Adapted existing interview and group consultation guides to the local country context considering country-specific gender and agricultural concerns.

· Translated the guides into the local language appropriate for the assessment.

· Conducted key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, group consultations, and observations with stakeholder groups outlined in the target participants above.

· Conducted debrief session with local PepsiCo team following completion of all data collection.

· Prepared detailed notes from all interviews, consultations, and observations in the provided template.