This policy note recommends key areas of inquiry for assessing gender and social differences in resilience that can be used to inform, evaluate, and strengthen resilience programming. Grounded in the conceptual framework of GCAN, the note identifies and describes key gender issues related to resilience. Greater attention to heterogeneity in resilience forms the foundation for […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Are we losing key nutrients in crops as a result of climate change?
The answer is, as always, complex. As a result of rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from fossil-fuel combustion, industry, and land-use change, important plant nutrients, such as iron, zinc and protein of major grains, including barley, rice and wheat are declining; some forage plants used by grazing livestock might also be affected. Other crops are […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Aflatoxins in food and feed: Is women’s empowerment the solution to this challenge?
This is one of several angles that Lynn Brown, independent consultant, assesses in the GCAN Policy Note No. 9. Aflatoxins affect all of Africa and the severity of the impact might well grow under climate change (as a forthcoming GCAN modeling study by IFPRI and the University of Florida is currently assessing). The two key […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Overcoming gender gaps in rural mechanization: Lessons from reaper-harvester service provision in Bangladesh – Policy Note
Custom hiring of labor- and cost-saving agricultural machinery services is increasingly common in South Asia. We studied the gendered differences in women’s and men’s involvement in emerging markets for reaper-harvester machinery services in the Feed the Future Zone in Bangladesh. We find that women benefit from managing and sometimes owning machinery services, as well as […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Research Priorities for Zambia – Policy Note
Climate change is a substantial threat to sustainable development in Zambia, a country experiencing weather hazards, drought and dry spells, seasonal and flash floods, and extreme temperatures that may well increase under climate change. Achieving the goals of Feed the Future and the Global Food Security Strategy requires careful consideration of the impact of relevant […]
