Farmers coping strategies for climate shock: Is it differentiated by gender?

Mehar, Mamta; Mittal, Surabhi; Prasad, Narayan

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.01.001

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“…5, axis 2). As suggested by Mehar et al (2016) in a recent study in the same area, our findings confirm that the awareness on a wide range of ecosystem-based strategies through extension programmes may influence their adoption. Therefore, in line with the findings of Agarwal (2000, 2009), we argue that is important to ensure the institutional integration of gender and power analysis in planning ecosystem based adaptation processes.…”

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“…Since 2009, Bihar has experimented four major droughts. In response, numerous external interventions involving women have sought to provide training and external support for implementing smart agriculture practices along with technological practices to mitigate the effects of climate change (Mehar et al 2016). For instance, at the Vaishali site, a formal women’s organization was created as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).…”

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The diversity of gendered adaptation strategies to climate change of Indian farmers: A feminist intersectional approach

Ravera

Martín‐López

Pascual

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This paper examines climate change adaptation and gender issues through an application of a feminist intersectional approach. This approach permits the identification of diverse adaptation responses arising from the existence of multiple and fragmented dimensions of identity (including gender) that intersect with power relations to shape situation-specific interactions between farmers and ecosystems. Based on results from contrasting research cases in Bihar and Uttarakhand, India, this paper demonstrates, inter alia, that there are geographically determined gendered preferences and adoption strategies regarding adaptation options and that these are influenced by the socio-ecological context and institutional dynamics. Intersecting identities, such as caste, wealth, age and gender, influence decisions and reveal power dynamics and negotiation within the household and the community, as well as barriers to adaptation among groups. Overall, the findings suggest that a feminist intersectional approach does appear to be useful and worth further exploration in the context of climate change adaptation. In particular, future research could benefit from more emphasis on a nuanced analysis of the intra-gender differences that shape adaptive capacity to climate change.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0833-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The diversity of gendered adaptation strategies to climate change of Indian farmers: A feminist intersectional approach

Ravera

Martín‐López

Pascual

et al. 2016

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“…These have established that climate change is not gender neutral, and impacts women more adversely than men (Habtezion 2013;Goh 2012). Some studies suggest socioeconomic variables, such as poverty as well as lower access to resources compared to men, as crucial contributing factors for the differences in vulnerabilities and coping capacities of men and women (Mersha and Van Laerhoven 2016;Mehar et al 2016). Accordingly, other studies highlight that the gender specific roles in agriculture define the differences in impact, and thus the adaptation interventions for both genders (Murage 2015;Khan et al2016).…”

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Woman in agriculture, and climate risks: hotspots for development

Chanana-Nag

Aggarwal

2018

Climatic Change

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There is rising interest among research and development practitioners to arrive at impact driven solutions in the field of gender and climate change adaptation. Climate change adaptation interventions can be better targeted by being linked with type of climatic risks experienced by women farmers, their social profile and their needs based on the role they play in agriculture. This study presents a methodology to identify hotspots where climate change adaptation and gender based interventions could be prioritized. The methodology is illustrated for India. The results suggest 36 hotspots across 10 states in India, where large number of women farmers are impacted by high levels of drought probability, excess rainfall and heat wave. The target population in these hotspots comprise 14.4% of the total women farmers in the country. A socioeconomic characterization of the hotspot population highlights barriers, such as labor, credit and market access for female cultivators and lower wage rates for female laborers in these hotspots. Based on the constraints as well as the climatic risks faced by these women in the hotspots, the potential of climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices are emphasized. Additionally, a comparison of current research being done in the field with the results of the study highlights the potential to learn from current efforts for efficient scalability of gender and climate change adaptation interventions.

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“…Although uncertainty events have not been well documented, resource-dependent communities such as salt producers are the most vulnerable to the impact of these phenomena. Given the lack of resources and access to technology and finances, smallscale salt producers have limited capacity to develop adaptation strategies to reduce their vulnerability to uncertainty events (Mehar et al, 2016). Consequently, most of them live on the edge of extreme uncertainty, sometimes falling just below and sometimes rising just above the threshold of survival.…”

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Dealing with socioeconomic and climate-related uncertainty in small-scale salt producers in rural Sampang, Indonesia

Helmi

Sasaoka

2018

Journal of Rural Studies

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In this study, we aimed to investigate the uncertainty events affecting small-scale salt producers and find out how small-scale salt producers were responding to the combinations of climatic and socioeconomic uncertainty they had experienced. We divided the salt producers into three categories based on land ownership: (1) land owner;(2) wage laborer; and (3) tenant. We examine their perceptions of the problems and their adaptive responses at the household and aggregate levels. Based on fieldwork in salt production areas in rural Sampang, Indonesia. First, we find that, the effect of uncertainty events does affect salt producers unequally. This, depending on resources and power within community. Second, there are advantages and disadvantages of each adaptation. This is representing dilemma of salt producers that shape how adaptation practices are negotiated in order to respond the combinations of climatic and socioeconomic uncertainty. Finally, our finding underlines the challenges of developing an integrated approach to mitigate these uncertainty events.

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Farmers coping strategies for climate shock: Is it differentiated by gender?

Cited by 100 publications

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The diversity of gendered adaptation strategies to climate change of Indian farmers: A feminist intersectional approach

The diversity of gendered adaptation strategies to climate change of Indian farmers: A feminist intersectional approach

Woman in agriculture, and climate risks: hotspots for development

Dealing with socioeconomic and climate-related uncertainty in small-scale salt producers in rural Sampang, Indonesia

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