Gender, agriculture policies and climate smart agriculture in India

India’s agricultural systems are increasingly affected by the adverse effects of climate change. While the Government of India has put together an impressive set of programs to address climate change impacts on agriculture, substantial shortcomings of these programs have been identified, especially...

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Autores principales: Barooah, Prapti, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Pathak, Vishal
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140837
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author Barooah, Prapti
Alvi, Muzna
Ringler, Claudia
Pathak, Vishal
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description India’s agricultural systems are increasingly affected by the adverse effects of climate change. While the Government of India has put together an impressive set of programs to address climate change impacts on agriculture, substantial shortcomings of these programs have been identified, especially in reaching women farmers. Women’s increased vulnerability to climate change and reduced access to climate smart agricultural practices can be attributed to limited land ownership, poor access to credit, reduced access to information and formal extension, and time pressures from multiple domestic and productive demands on their time. We undertake an extensive policy review of India’s agriculture and climate policies and program, and supplement that with a series of focus group discussions with women and men farmers in Gujarat to discuss constraints and potential entry points for better reaching women farmers with climate smart agriculture practices. Village cooperatives and self-help groups can be key intermediary organizations that can support women’s access at the local, state and country level.
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spelling CGSpace1408372025-12-02T21:02:52Z Gender, agriculture policies and climate smart agriculture in India Barooah, Prapti Alvi, Muzna Ringler, Claudia Pathak, Vishal gender policy innovation farmers vulnerability capacity development agriculture land ownership men access to information climate-smart agriculture farming systems climate change women women farmers India’s agricultural systems are increasingly affected by the adverse effects of climate change. While the Government of India has put together an impressive set of programs to address climate change impacts on agriculture, substantial shortcomings of these programs have been identified, especially in reaching women farmers. Women’s increased vulnerability to climate change and reduced access to climate smart agricultural practices can be attributed to limited land ownership, poor access to credit, reduced access to information and formal extension, and time pressures from multiple domestic and productive demands on their time. We undertake an extensive policy review of India’s agriculture and climate policies and program, and supplement that with a series of focus group discussions with women and men farmers in Gujarat to discuss constraints and potential entry points for better reaching women farmers with climate smart agriculture practices. Village cooperatives and self-help groups can be key intermediary organizations that can support women’s access at the local, state and country level. 2022-12-31 2024-04-12T13:36:44Z 2024-04-12T13:36:44Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140837 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Barooah, Prapti; Alvi, Muzna Fatima; Ringler, Claudia; and Pathak, Vishal. 2022. Gender, agriculture policies and climate smart agriculture in India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2162. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136537.
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climate change
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Alvi, Muzna
Ringler, Claudia
Pathak, Vishal
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title Gender, agriculture policies and climate smart agriculture in India
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policy innovation
farmers
vulnerability
capacity development
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land ownership
men
access to information
climate-smart agriculture
farming systems
climate change
women
women farmers
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