Mainstreaming gender in climate-smart agriculture
Resources
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Gender dimensions of adopting climate-smart aquacultureVideo
Gender dimensions of adopting climate-smart aquaculture – Miranda Morgan, Research Programme on Aquatic Agriculture Systems, CGIAR. Morgan introduces a study that World Fish conducted focusing on 2 small-holder aquaculture interventions at 4 sites, which are gender-appropriate and climate-smart:...
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A gender-responsive approach to climate-smart agriculture: Evidence and guidance for practitionersPDF
The aim of this brief is to explain how to take into account the gender gap in agriculture in the development of site-specific, climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-sensitive practices. This particular needs, priorities, and realities of men and women need to be recognized and adequately addressed in...
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Making agricultural and climate risk insurance gender inclusive: How to improve access to insurance for rural womenPDF
IFAD’s technical assistance programme INSURED (Insurance for rural resilience and economic development) has been building knowledge about how to strengthen women producers’ access to climate risk insurance. Working with partners, INSURED supported research, and fieldwork in Ethiopia including...
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Advancing Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment through Climate-resilient Agriculture: Experiences and Ways Forward from the Joint Programme on Rural ...PDF
This policy brief is part of a series to present evidence from the strategies and praxis of the UN Joint Programme on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP RWEE). Based on case studies, experiences and evaluations from the JP RWEE, it draws conclusions and makes recommendations for expanding...
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Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in the livestock sectorPDF
About 600 million of the world’s poorest households keep livestock as an essential source of income and food production to manage risk, store wealth and build up assets. However, women face several constraints to ownership and decision-making power in the sector. Scaling up culturally acceptable...
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Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in aquaculture and fisheriesPDF
Women perform essential work throughout aquaculture and fisheries, yet their contributions are often overlooked and unrecognized in national statistics, policies, and development interventions. Women remain underrepresented in or excluded from formal governance processes and have limited say in...
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Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in agrifood value chainsPDF
Climate change can increase gender inequalities: while men can diversify into other commodities or migrate to other regions in search of economic opportunities in response to climate impacts, women often have more limited options, and therefore less resilience, due to their domestic...
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Strengthening gender-responsive climate policies and actions in climate-smart agriculturePDF
Championing women as critical agents of change within their communities and in policy and decision-making processes at national and international levels is a fundamental step towards ensuring gender equality and climate-related issues are adequately addressed in agricultural policies and dialogue...
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Gender dynamics in the adoption of climate adaptation practices: A case study in the Cauca Department of ColombiaWebsite
A detailed analysis linking gender roles and gender-based differences in land ownership to men and women's differential views of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and their willingness to change activities. It also notes gender-based inequalities in access to information. Qualitative and...
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Good practices for integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment in climate-smart agriculture programmesPDF
The paper is intended to help development organizations, public institutions and local organizations to develop climate-smart agriculture investments, projects and policies that are more gender-responsive.
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Understanding gender dimensions of agriculture and climate change in smallholder farming communitiesWebsite
Socioeconomic and gender analysis of three topics (climate-smart agriculture, climate analogue approaches, and climate and weather forecasting) in Uganda, Ghana and Bangladesh. The participatory tools used in this study provided some insights into women’ adaptive capacity. More research is needed...
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Gender and youth responsiveness considerations for targeting, testing and scaling suitable CSA practices and technologies-Learnings from the ...PDF
This working paper summarizes the findings of a portfolio review conducted to explore the gender and youth responsiveness of climate-smart agriculture technologies tested across climate-smart villages. The innovative and integrative aspect of the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) approach can provide...
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Lessons Learned on Participatory Action Research to Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Options with an Emphasis on Gender and Social InclusionPDF
Participatory action research (PAR) has been around for years, and can add significant value to agriculture research for development projects. The use of PAR in climate-smart villages (CSVs) is no different. This review aimed to assess the impact that PAR approaches had on the adoption of CSA...
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Gender integration into climate-smart agriculture: Tools for data collection and analysis for policy and researchPDF
Taking a gender responsive approach to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) means that the particular needs, priorities, and realities of men and women are recognized and adequately addressed in the design and application of CSA so that both men and women can equally benefit agriculture.
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Gender in climate-smart agriculture. Module 18 for the gender in agriculture sourcebookPDF
This module describes tested good practices and innovative approaches and technologies for gender mainstreaming in climate-smart agriculture.
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How to integrate gender issues in climate-smart agriculture projects: Training modulePDF
The purpose of the training module is to provide learners with a better understanding of what the gender roles in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) are and their critical impact on project outcomes and sustainability. They will learn about different methods and tools to identify, formulate,...
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Additional Info
| Kind of Activities | Understanding basic concepts |
|---|---|
| Geographic Focus | Global |
| Collection Updated | November 2024 |