Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda

Lack of access to information is an important barrier affecting women farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agri culture (CSA) practices and technologies. To overcome this barrier, the use of information and communication technologies is increasingly being promoted. However, digital tools might widen,...

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Main Authors: Welk, Lukas, Barooah, Prapti, Kato, Edward, Ndegwa, Michael K.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140233
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description Lack of access to information is an important barrier affecting women farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agri culture (CSA) practices and technologies. To overcome this barrier, the use of information and communication technologies is increasingly being promoted. However, digital tools might widen, rather than reduce, gendered information gaps given women’s lower use of mobile phones and mobile Internet as compared to men in sub Saharan African and South Asia. This policy note summarizes data on information channels that women and men farmers use for CSA practices in Gujarat, India, parts of Kenya, and central Uganda. The results can be used by governments, nongovernmental organizations, and other actor groups interested in ensuring equity in access to information on CSA practices in low- and middle-income countries.
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spelling CGSpace1402332025-11-06T05:59:09Z Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda Welk, Lukas Barooah, Prapti Kato, Edward Ndegwa, Michael K. gender farmers information and communication technologies access to information climate-smart agriculture women Lack of access to information is an important barrier affecting women farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agri culture (CSA) practices and technologies. To overcome this barrier, the use of information and communication technologies is increasingly being promoted. However, digital tools might widen, rather than reduce, gendered information gaps given women’s lower use of mobile phones and mobile Internet as compared to men in sub Saharan African and South Asia. This policy note summarizes data on information channels that women and men farmers use for CSA practices in Gujarat, India, parts of Kenya, and central Uganda. The results can be used by governments, nongovernmental organizations, and other actor groups interested in ensuring equity in access to information on CSA practices in low- and middle-income countries. 2023-11-21 2024-03-14T12:09:08Z 2024-03-14T12:09:08Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140233 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139768 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Welk, Lukas; Barooah, Prapti; Kato, Edward; and Ndegwa, Michael. 2023. Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda. Reaching Women Farmers With CSA Policy Note 5. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136966.
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farmers
information and communication technologies
access to information
climate-smart agriculture
women
Welk, Lukas
Barooah, Prapti
Kato, Edward
Ndegwa, Michael K.
Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda
title Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda
title_full Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda
title_fullStr Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda
title_short Gendered information channels for climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from India, Kenya, and Uganda
title_sort gendered information channels for climate smart agriculture practices evidence from india kenya and uganda
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farmers
information and communication technologies
access to information
climate-smart agriculture
women
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