- A Stakeholder Map for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya’s Agriculture Sector. Marther Ngigi, Barrack Okoba, Noora Aberman, and Regina Birner. Access it here
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A Stakeholder Map for Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia’s Agricultural Sector. Noora Aberman, Tekie Alemu, Regina Birner and Eric Haglund. Access it here
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A Stakeholder Map for Climate Change Adaptation in Mali’s Agricultural Sector. Noora Aberman, Eric Haglund, and Daouda Koné. Access it here (ENGLISH)
- A Stakeholder Map for Climate Change Adaptation in Mali’s Agricultural Sector. Noora Aberman, Eric Haglund, and Daouda Koné. Access it here (FRANCAIS)
For more see "outputs" section of the website
The first workshop for the gender-climate change project held September 2012 in Washington D.C. discussed a series of conceptual frameworks from the literature on gender and assets, institutional analysis, sustainable livelihoods, and climate change. As none of these frameworks integrates components reflecting important gender and climate change interactions, elements of a new framework were developed during the workshop and finalized thereafter. In particular, the Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) Framework (DfID 2001), the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework (Ostrom 2005), the IFPRI Gender and Assets (GAAP) framework (Meinzen-Dick et al. 2010), and the climate change framework of the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC (IPCC 2001) were used to develop a conceptual framework that illustrates the pathways through which climate change affects the well-being at multiple scales from the individual to the household and community levels see (below). Importantly, this framework can be used to understand the differential impact and response of men and women to climate change and emphasizes the importance of information, livelihood resilience, institutions, and asset accumulation in vulnerability to climate change and the process of adaptation.
New research methods and training materials on gender, climate change and agriculture from CCAFs & FAO
"Much of the research into agricultural and farming systems has looked at soil, water and land management strategies and technologies that make up the portfolio of climate-smart agriculture options. Very little emphasis has been placed on understanding the different adaptive strategies men and women apply in order to secure their livelihoods in the face of climate change. If climate change research and development interventions are to be targeted to men and women, we need to understand both men and women’s adaptation and mitigation strategies."
In partnership with FAO, CCAFS researchers have prepared training documents to help researchers better understand gender roles and how they may affect a community’s capacity to adapt to climate change. Read Science officer Moushumi Chadhury's recent interview on the subject and download the manual on "gender and climate change research in agriculture and food security for rural development"
The inception workshop for the "Enhancing Women’s Assets to Manage Risk under Climate Change: Potential for Group Based Approaches" project was held at the International Food Policy Research Institute on September 22-23 in Washington D.C. Representatives from all four case study countries participated in this two day workshop to update each other on the status of current and future project work. A project conceptual framework which was developed out of the workshop will be disseminated shortly.
Welcome to the official website for the "Enhancing Women’s Assets to Manage Risk under Climate Change: Potential for Group-Based Approaches Project"
The project explores ways to contribute to poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (especially Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali) through helping poor women farmers and pastoralists manage risks and adapt to climate change as a result of more effective programs to protect or strengthen women’s control over critical assets, including natural and social capital, and/or increased returns to those assets. The project is supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany.