Weathering the storm or storming the norms? Moving gender equality forward in climate-resilient agriculture

Huyer, S and Partey, S (2019) Weathering the storm or storming the norms? Moving gender equality forward in climate-resilient agriculture. Climatic Change (TSI), 158 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0165-0009

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Abstract

Much is known about the effects of climate change on women, and most research on the topic focuses on women’s greater vulnerability as a result of their reliance on natural resources, lower access to resources and information, and gender and social norms which inhibit their ability to take action and participate in making household and community decisions. Less attention is given to women’s active role as agents of change, their knowledge and capacity to respond to climate impacts, or tackling of the causes of vulnerability (Dankelman 2010; MacGregor 2010; Perez et al. 2015; Huyer et al. 2015). In the area of agricultural climate adaptation, Davidson (2016) noted that research on gender has primarily focused on barriers to adaptation for women to date, finding that women-headed farming households tend to be more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and women in all types of households are relatively more vulnerable as well.Women farmers are less likely to adopt adaptation strategies due to financial and resource limitations and less control over land (see Jost et al. 2016; McKinley et al. 2018; Mishra and Pede 2017), while agricultural organizations tend to exclude female farmers from many of the benefits of extension, including access to information, tools, seed, fertilizers, and improved livestock. Davidson concludes that as a result, women are often excluded from participation in adaptation decision-making, so that their unique knowledge and needs associated with their specific roles in farming tend not to be reflected in those decisions.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : West & Central Africa
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gender Research, Climate Smart Agriculture
Subjects:	Others > Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Others > Climate Resilient Technologies Others > Climate Change Others > Gender Research
Depositing User:	Mr Arun S
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2021 03:45
Last Modified:	24 Mar 2021 03:45
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11760
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02612-5
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	This work was implemented as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), a strategic partnership of CGIAR and Future Earth, led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). We acknowledge the CGIAR Fund Council, Australia (ACIAR), European Union, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Switzerland, USAID, UK, and Thailand for funding the CCAFS.
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