Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India
CONTEXT India's agricultural systems are increasingly affected by climate change's adverse effects. The Government of India has an impressive set of programs to address this issue, but they have substantial shortcomings, especially in reaching women farmers. OBJECTIVE We aim to understand policy an...
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| author | Barooah, Prapti Alvi, Muzna Ringler, Claudia Pathak, Vishal |
| author_browse | Alvi, Muzna Barooah, Prapti Pathak, Vishal Ringler, Claudia |
| author_facet | Barooah, Prapti Alvi, Muzna Ringler, Claudia Pathak, Vishal |
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| description | CONTEXT
India's agricultural systems are increasingly affected by climate change's adverse effects. The Government of India has an impressive set of programs to address this issue, but they have substantial shortcomings, especially in reaching women farmers.
OBJECTIVE
We aim to understand policy and implementation gaps in reaching women farmers with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and study how women and men farmer's different roles in agriculture shape their needs and access to complementary services needed to adapt to climate change.
METHODS
An extensive review of India's agriculture and climate policies and program and a series of focus group discussions with farmers in Gujarat, India to discuss constraints and potential entry points for better reaching women farmers with CSA practices.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION
Women's increased vulnerability to climate change and reduced access to CSA practices can be attributed to limited land ownership, poor access to credit, reduced access to information and formal extension, and multiple pressures on their time. Village cooperatives and self-help groups can be leveraged to support women's access to agricultural information and adoption of CSA practices.
SIGNIFICANCE
This paper highlights constraints to information and extension access by Indian women farmers that could impede the widespread adoption of CSA practices. It fills an important knowledge gap in designing gender-responsive policies and inclusive agricultural extension systems to promote adoption of CSA practices among smallholder farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1320392025-10-26T12:55:15Z Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India Barooah, Prapti Alvi, Muzna Ringler, Claudia Pathak, Vishal agriculture climate change climate-smart agriculture farming systems gender women women farmers vulnerability CONTEXT India's agricultural systems are increasingly affected by climate change's adverse effects. The Government of India has an impressive set of programs to address this issue, but they have substantial shortcomings, especially in reaching women farmers. OBJECTIVE We aim to understand policy and implementation gaps in reaching women farmers with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and study how women and men farmer's different roles in agriculture shape their needs and access to complementary services needed to adapt to climate change. METHODS An extensive review of India's agriculture and climate policies and program and a series of focus group discussions with farmers in Gujarat, India to discuss constraints and potential entry points for better reaching women farmers with CSA practices. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Women's increased vulnerability to climate change and reduced access to CSA practices can be attributed to limited land ownership, poor access to credit, reduced access to information and formal extension, and multiple pressures on their time. Village cooperatives and self-help groups can be leveraged to support women's access to agricultural information and adoption of CSA practices. SIGNIFICANCE This paper highlights constraints to information and extension access by Indian women farmers that could impede the widespread adoption of CSA practices. It fills an important knowledge gap in designing gender-responsive policies and inclusive agricultural extension systems to promote adoption of CSA practices among smallholder farmers. 2023-12 2023-09-27T21:22:30Z 2023-09-27T21:22:30Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132039 en Open Access Elsevier Barooah, Prapti; Alvi, Muzna; Ringler, Claudia; and Pathak, Vishal. 2023. Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India. Agricultural Systems 212(December 2023): 103751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103751 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate change climate-smart agriculture farming systems gender women women farmers vulnerability Barooah, Prapti Alvi, Muzna Ringler, Claudia Pathak, Vishal Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India |
| title | Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India |
| title_full | Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India |
| title_fullStr | Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India |
| title_short | Gender, agriculture policies, and climate-smart agriculture in India |
| title_sort | gender agriculture policies and climate smart agriculture in india |
| topic | agriculture climate change climate-smart agriculture farming systems gender women women farmers vulnerability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132039 |
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