Draft for discussion. Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons

dc.creatorHuyer, Sophia
dc.creatorTwyman, Jennifer
dc.creatorKoningstein, Manon
dc.creatorAshby, Jacqueline A.
dc.creatorVermeulen, Sonja J.
dc.date2015-08-14
dc.date2015-08-14T12:25:30Z
dc.date2015-08-14T12:25:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:59:51Z
dc.descriptionClimate 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.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/67908
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/167750
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHuyer S, Twyman J, Koningstein M, Ashby J, Vermeulen SJ. 2015. Draft for discussion. Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons. CCAFS Policy Brief. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleDraft for discussion. Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons
dc.typeBrief

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