by Muzna Fatima Alvi, Prapti Barooah, Shweta Gupta, Smriti Saini COVID-19 induced lockdowns have had far reaching impacts on the rural sector, particularly on women farmers. These impacts have been exacerbated by lack of access to reliable and timely agriculture information. Using panel phone survey data from India and Nepal, we study how women's […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Addressing gender and social dynamics to strengthen resilience for all
Investigating the gender and social dynamics of resilience—exposure and sensitivity to disturbances, resilience capacities, decision-making context and responses, and well-being outcomes—reveals differences in the target populations’ needs, priorities, and constraints related to building resilience. This information can provide the foundation for designing more tailored, locally accepted, and sustainable interventions to increase livelihood resilience to multiple […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
The role of risk in the context of climate change, land use choices and crop production: Evidence from Zambia
Most of the studies that investigate the impacts of climate change on agriculture have concentrated on the effects of changes in mean temperature and precipitation even though the importance of volatility and risk on farmers’ decision making is well documented. This study examines the empirical importance of the effects of risk associated with the impacts […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Evaluating risk of aflatoxin field contamination from climate change using new modules inside DSSAT
Aflatoxins affect the health of close to 70 percent of the population of the world through contaminated food. Smallholder farmers in developing countries can be especially hard hit, since they consume a high proportion of what they produce without a clear knowledge of the level of contamination their harvest might have. Climate change can cause […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Women’s empowerment and crop diversification in Bangladesh: A possible pathway to climate change adaptation and better nutrition
The existing literature shows that climate change will likely affect several of the dimensions that determine people’s food security status in Bangladesh, from crop production to the availability of food products and their accessibility. Crop diversification represents a farm-level response that reduces exposure to climate-related risks and it has also been shown to increase diet […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
