This brief summarizes preliminary findings and recommendations from an ongoing review of literature and CCAFS experience on gender-related challenges in empowering smallholder farming communities through climate services.
Huyer, Sophia
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Hansen, James
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Rose, Alison
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Huysen, Tiff van
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[What we know about gender and rural climate services: Preliminary findings and guidance]
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What we know about gender and rural climate services: Preliminary findings and guidance
Data presented here are the result of an analysis of the adaptation and mitigation contributions of the 162 INDCs (representing 189 Parties) submitted to the UNFCCC as of 28 April 2016, and then revised using information submitted through 31October 2016. Related Info Notes were written using the ...
Richards, Meryl
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Bruun, T.B.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Gregersen LE
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Huyer, Sophia
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Kuntze, V.
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Madsen STN
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Oldvig MB
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Vasileiou, Ioannis
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[How countries plan to address agricultural adaptation and mitigation: An analysis of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. CCAFS dataset]
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How countries plan to address agricultural adaptation and mitigation: An analysis of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. CCAFS dataset
The articles in this issue grapple with how climate-resilient approaches including climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can more effectively promote gender equality and women’s empowerment1. How can CSA be implemented in ways that improve the situation and empowerment of women as well as men. CSA has ...
Huyer, Sophia
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Partey, Samuel T
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[Weathering the storm or storming the norms? Moving gender equality forward in climate-resilient agriculture - Introduction to the Special Issue on Gender Equality in Climate-Smart Agriculture: Approaches and Opportunities]
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Weathering the storm or storming the norms? Moving gender equality forward in climate-resilient agriculture - Introduction to the Special Issue on Gender Equality in Climate-Smart Agriculture: Approaches and Opportunities
Rural climate services can provide benefits to both women and men by addressing gender-based challenges that prevent access to and action on weather and climate information. Working with women’s groups and identifying gender-based preferences for use of information and communication technologies ...
En las últimas décadas la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe se ha fortalecido, pasando de un 14.7% de población afectada por el hambre en 1990 a un 5.5% en 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), cumpliendo con la meta del hambre de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. Sin embar...
In recent decades, food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean has strengthened, decreasing the number of the population affected by hunger from 14.7% in 1990 to 5.5% in 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), meeting the hunger goal of the Millennium Development Goals. However, climate change, ...
Cramer, Laura
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Huyer, Sophia
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Lavado, Angela
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana]
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Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana
At the global, regional and national levels, governments, donors, research institutions, non-government organizations and private companies are more strategically linking climate change and agriculture development activities, through initiatives such as the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agric...
Duffy, Colm
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Murray, Una
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Nowak, Andreea
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Huyer, Sophia
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Jarvis, Andy
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Spillane, Charles
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[National level indicators for gender, poverty, food security, nutrition and health in Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) activities]
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National level indicators for gender, poverty, food security, nutrition and health in Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) activities
The impacts of a warming world are affecting food production in every corner of the globe. From shifting rainfall patterns and growing seasons, to more frequent and extreme droughts and floods, to increasingly severe pest and disease outbreaks among crops and livestock, farming as we know it is u...
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Birch, James
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Meza, Laura
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Sunga, Ishmael
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Bong, Bui Ba
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Rabbinge, Rudy
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Reddy, Matthew
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Korner, Jana
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Millan, Alberto
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Hansen, James
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Huyer, Sophia
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture]
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Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture
The working paper aims to identify recommendations for gender-aware monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of rural climate services, highlighting system design and indicator development. Drawing from the literature from rural development sectors, the paper first identifies key lessons learned on gender...
Gumucio, Tatiana
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Huyer, Sophia
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Hansen, James
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Simelton, Elisabeth
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Schwager, Saroja
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[Inclusion of gender equality in monitoring and evaluation of climate services]
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Inclusion of gender equality in monitoring and evaluation of climate services
Agriculture is the largest employment sector for 60% of women in Oceania, Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and women make up 2/3 of the world’s 600 million small livestock managers. Despite this, women’s activities in agriculture are characterised by a global gender gap in vulnerabilities, ac...
Taking a gender-responsive approach to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) means that the particular needs, priorities, and realities of men and women are recognized and adequately addressed in the design and application of CSA so that both men and women can equally benefit.
The gender gap in agricul...
Nelson, S.
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Huyer, Sophia
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[A Gender-responsive Approach to Climate-Smart Agriculture: Evidence and guidance for practitioners]
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A Gender-responsive Approach to Climate-Smart Agriculture: Evidence and guidance for practitioners