Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?

Agricultural development efforts that do not address persistent gender gaps miss opportunities for greater impact. This synthesis reflects on key findings from integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses at the nexus of gender, agricultural development, and climate change. Linked farm household...

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Main Authors: Kristjanson, Patricia M., Bryan, Elizabeth, Bernier, Quinn, Twyman, Jennifer, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Kieran, Caitlin, Ringler, Claudia, Jost, Christine, Doss, Cheryl
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Informa UK Limited 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81543
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author Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Bryan, Elizabeth
Bernier, Quinn
Twyman, Jennifer
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Kieran, Caitlin
Ringler, Claudia
Jost, Christine
Doss, Cheryl
author_browse Bernier, Quinn
Bryan, Elizabeth
Doss, Cheryl
Jost, Christine
Kieran, Caitlin
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Ringler, Claudia
Twyman, Jennifer
author_facet Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Bryan, Elizabeth
Bernier, Quinn
Twyman, Jennifer
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Kieran, Caitlin
Ringler, Claudia
Jost, Christine
Doss, Cheryl
author_sort Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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description Agricultural development efforts that do not address persistent gender gaps miss opportunities for greater impact. This synthesis reflects on key findings from integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses at the nexus of gender, agricultural development, and climate change. Linked farm household-, intrahousehold-, community-, and institutional-level data highlight significant and nuanced gender differences in adaptive capacity of individuals and communities to respond to climate change. The gender gap is also substantial in exposure to climate change and its impacts, and uptake of new practices that lower vulnerability. Women in agriculture will remain largely neglected by information and service providers unless their differing needs, access to, and control over resources are considered at policy and project design stage. Yet clear guidelines for addressing the needs of both men and women in different environments and agricultural systems are still lacking. Participatory ‘action research’ approaches with a focus on co-learning, and using innovative cell phone or social media-based approaches offer exciting new opportunities. Agricultural development decision-makers and project designers need to ‘design with gender in mind’. Equipping them with tools and knowledge of innovative gender-transformative practices and intervention options and creating accountability for serving women and men will be key.
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spelling CGSpace815432025-04-08T18:33:38Z Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going? Kristjanson, Patricia M. Bryan, Elizabeth Bernier, Quinn Twyman, Jennifer Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Kieran, Caitlin Ringler, Claudia Jost, Christine Doss, Cheryl gender agricultural development climate change development resilience género desarrollo agrícola cambio climático resiliencia frente a impactos y crisis vulnerability gender inequity acclimatization Agricultural development efforts that do not address persistent gender gaps miss opportunities for greater impact. This synthesis reflects on key findings from integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses at the nexus of gender, agricultural development, and climate change. Linked farm household-, intrahousehold-, community-, and institutional-level data highlight significant and nuanced gender differences in adaptive capacity of individuals and communities to respond to climate change. The gender gap is also substantial in exposure to climate change and its impacts, and uptake of new practices that lower vulnerability. Women in agriculture will remain largely neglected by information and service providers unless their differing needs, access to, and control over resources are considered at policy and project design stage. Yet clear guidelines for addressing the needs of both men and women in different environments and agricultural systems are still lacking. Participatory ‘action research’ approaches with a focus on co-learning, and using innovative cell phone or social media-based approaches offer exciting new opportunities. Agricultural development decision-makers and project designers need to ‘design with gender in mind’. Equipping them with tools and knowledge of innovative gender-transformative practices and intervention options and creating accountability for serving women and men will be key. 2017-09-03 2017-06-13T16:29:34Z 2017-06-13T16:29:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81543 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Kristjanson, Patricia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Bernier, Quinn; Twyman, Jennifer; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Kieran, Caitlin; Ringler, Claudia; Jost, Christine; Doss, Cheryl. 2017. Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 15(5): 482-500.
spellingShingle gender
agricultural development
climate change
development
resilience
género
desarrollo agrícola
cambio climático
resiliencia frente a impactos y crisis
vulnerability
gender inequity
acclimatization
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
Bryan, Elizabeth
Bernier, Quinn
Twyman, Jennifer
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Kieran, Caitlin
Ringler, Claudia
Jost, Christine
Doss, Cheryl
Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?
title Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?
title_full Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?
title_fullStr Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?
title_full_unstemmed Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?
title_short Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?
title_sort addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate where are we and where should we be going
topic gender
agricultural development
climate change
development
resilience
género
desarrollo agrícola
cambio climático
resiliencia frente a impactos y crisis
vulnerability
gender inequity
acclimatization
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81543
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