Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate

Climate change demands new approaches to agriculture: farmers’ practices will need to change to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing conditions. Addressing gender inequality is key to ensuring this outcome. Agriculture is a fundamental part of women’s livelihoods globally, most markedly in...

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Autores principales: Huyer, Sophia, Twyman, Jennifer, Koningstein, Manon, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Hill, Catherine
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Center for International Forestry Research 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76607
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author Huyer, Sophia
Twyman, Jennifer
Koningstein, Manon
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
Hill, Catherine
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description Climate change demands new approaches to agriculture: farmers’ practices will need to change to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing conditions. Addressing gender inequality is key to ensuring this outcome. Agriculture is a fundamental part of women’s livelihoods globally, most markedly in least developed countries, where four-fifths of economically active women report agriculture as their primary economic activity1 . More women are moving into agriculture as men move elsewhere for seasonal or paid labor. Yet women farmers have less access to inputs and resources that could improve their farming and meet climate change challenges2 . Policies, institutions and services aimed at helping farmers develop approaches to tackle climate change will need to produce results for men and women farmers. This brief provides five policy lessons to support this process, based on evidence from research in low- and middle-income countries.
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spelling CGSpace766072025-08-18T06:26:47Z Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate Huyer, Sophia Twyman, Jennifer Koningstein, Manon Vermeulen, Sonja J. Hill, Catherine climate change agriculture food security rice vampire weed inland valley rain-fed lowland parasitic plant integrated weed management subsistence farming sub-saharan africa gender Climate change demands new approaches to agriculture: farmers’ practices will need to change to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing conditions. Addressing gender inequality is key to ensuring this outcome. Agriculture is a fundamental part of women’s livelihoods globally, most markedly in least developed countries, where four-fifths of economically active women report agriculture as their primary economic activity1 . More women are moving into agriculture as men move elsewhere for seasonal or paid labor. Yet women farmers have less access to inputs and resources that could improve their farming and meet climate change challenges2 . Policies, institutions and services aimed at helping farmers develop approaches to tackle climate change will need to produce results for men and women farmers. This brief provides five policy lessons to support this process, based on evidence from research in low- and middle-income countries. 2015 2016-08-25T11:54:05Z 2016-08-25T11:54:05Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76607 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93457 Open Access application/pdf Center for International Forestry Research Huyer S, Twyman J, Koningstein M, Vermeulen S, Hill C. 2015. Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate. Gender Climate Brief no 3. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
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rain-fed lowland
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Twyman, Jennifer
Koningstein, Manon
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
Hill, Catherine
Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate
title Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate
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agriculture
food security
rice vampire weed
inland valley
rain-fed lowland
parasitic plant
integrated weed management
subsistence farming
sub-saharan africa
gender
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