Draft for discussion. Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons
Climate change demands new approaches to agriculture: farmers’ practices will need to change in order to adapt to and mitigate changing conditions. This is also a gender issue: in the least developed countries 79% of economically active women report agriculture as their primary economic activity (FAOSTAT, cited in Doss 2011). Agriculture is a fundamental part of women’s livelihoods, especially in least developed countries and more women are moving into agriculture as men move out to seasonal or paid labour elsewhere. At the same time we know that women farmers have less access to productive inputs and resources for farming across the globe – FAO etc. Policies and practices to help farmers develop new approaches to combat climate change will need to recognize these demographic changes, and produce results for women farmers as well as men. This brief provides five policy lessons to support this process.
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2015-08-14
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| Subjects: | climate change, food security, agriculture, gender, women, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67908 |
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| Summary: | Climate
change
demands
new
approaches
to
agriculture:
farmers’
practices
will
need
to
change
in
order
to
adapt
to
and
mitigate
changing
conditions.
This
is
also
a
gender
issue:
in
the
least
developed
countries
79%
of
economically
active
women
report
agriculture
as
their
primary
economic
activity
(FAOSTAT,
cited
in
Doss
2011).
Agriculture
is
a
fundamental
part
of
women’s
livelihoods,
especially
in
least
developed
countries
and
more
women
are
moving
into
agriculture
as
men
move
out
to
seasonal
or
paid
labour
elsewhere.
At
the
same
time
we
know
that
women
farmers
have
less
access
to
productive
inputs
and
resources
for
farming
across
the
globe
–
FAO
etc.
Policies
and
practices
to
help
farmers
develop
new
approaches
to
combat
climate
change
will
need
to
recognize
these
demographic
changes,
and
produce
results
for
women
farmers
as
well
as
men.
This
brief
provides
five
policy
lessons
to
support
this
process. |
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