CSA Supports Women's Productivity
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Climate-smart agriculture supports women's agriculture production and incomes.
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- 1. CSA Supports Women’s Productivity Sophia Huyer, Gender and Social
- 2. The gender gap in agriculture There is a gender gap in agriculture as it relates to climate change Men and women are exposed to different climate shocks and experience different impacts – affecting their vulnerability Lower levels of access to resources, inputs, technology and information and less stable land tenure access, restricting their ability to act on and implement climate adaptation practices in agriculture – affecting their resilience Largely neglected by agriculture and climate information service providers, and when they do have access to information, have less capacity to implement it
- 3. • In many regions, women have insufficient access to technologies, energy and labour for their agricultural production • Women are often expected to contribute their labour to new CSA activities (weeding, processing, etc) • Women will choose a balance of labour-intensive CSA technologies and labour-reducing technologies for reasons of cost (substituting their labour) • Migration trends leave women with increased workloads at home and in the fields 3. Reducing workloads Reducing workloads: gender-responsive technologies Khatri-Chhetri et al, 2020 Murray et al, 2016 Mutenje et al, 2019
- 4. What is gender-transformative technology? Technology that responds to women’s knowledge, priorities and perspectives • Energy, transportation and food processing techs Enables women to develop new opportunities - Baobob production Reduced labor burdens lead to freedom to choose new activities)
- 5. Empowering Women farmers for Climate Change Adaptation in Nepal Example: Solar irrigation management through women’s collectives in Nepal
- 6. What next for gender-transformative technology? Technology approaches and participatory development that respond to women’s knowledge, priorities and perspectives How to bring together technology and climate smart approaches to agriculture that reduce women’s work burden Context-specific technologies and supporting measure: What trade-offs and co- benefits from different combinations of options will benefit women and promote the transformation of agriculture and rural development in ways that promote gender equality Overcome power imbalances within households, communities, and countries, as well as among different groups in a community that condition climate adaptation and resilience
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- Gaps in knowledge: forward to promote gender equality and changes in gender norms include understanding the implications of household and village labour roles in relation to CSA technologies and practices, so that they decrease women’s labour loads and thereby become more attractive to women (Jost et al 2016); the role of participatory approaches in understanding differences among women, or the specific needs of traditionally under-represented groups and building capacity of researchers and development implementers to do so (Kristjanson et al 2017; Jost et al 2014); the role of women’s organizations and collective action in providing a platform for empowerment; and approaches that take into account indigenous knowledge, technology and practices of women across a broad range of socio-economic, environmental and cultural contexts.
- FAO; Huyer, 2016; Murray et al, lack of access to technology
- Photo: Sophia Huyer, CCAFS Solar irrigation pumping was managed by a district women’s committee Women’s workload in irrigation decreased when manual irrigation was replaced by solar-powered drip irrigation Production increased from 1 to 3 crops per season Household income increased Women’s status in the area increased in their role as managers of the new technology