Female contribution to grassroots innovation for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh

Khalil, Momtaj Bintay; Jacobs, Brent; McKenna, Kylie; Kuruppu, Natasha

doi:10.1080/17565529.2019.1676188

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“…Therefore, the types of information (passive, integrative, and experiential) informing different categories of household response (coping, adaptation, and collective action) is unclear. This remains an important area for future research, particularly in the global north where assessments rarely examine collective responses and associated drivers (although, see [60] for a discussion on information delivery to support collective mitigation responses), compared to assessments of coastal household adaptation in the global south (e.g., [61,62]).…”

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Current Information Provision Rarely Helps Coastal Households Adapt to Climate Change

Elrick-Barr

Smith

2022

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Households play an important role in reducing coastal vulnerability through individual and collective action. Information provision is a key strategy adopted by governments to support household adaptation. However, there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of the different types of information and their influence on coastal household response. Drawing on case study research in two Australian coastal communities, we explore the types of information shaping household responses to three hazard scenarios: a heatwave, a severe storm, and sea-level rise. We find that passive information informs action in fewer than half of all households. Furthermore, even current attempts at more action-oriented information only informs coping strategies. If coastal adaptation is to achieve the transformational changes vital to manage the impacts of climate change, information provision must transition from passive and generic delivery via traditional modes, to actively communicating adaptation as the ‘glue’ between hazard management and household resilience through context-relevant and household-driven communication modes. Further research into the types of information that promote more-than-coping responses, such as information to facilitate collective action, is also recommended.

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Current Information Provision Rarely Helps Coastal Households Adapt to Climate Change

Elrick-Barr

Smith

2022

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“…Although more research into these processes and additional methods of analysis should be deployed to better understand what women's empowerment means for rural women in Bangladesh, our findings are consistent with the broader research on gender and climate change adaptation. This research suggests that although constrained by social norms, women are important determinants and contributors to households' resilience to climate change and they can play a key role in decision-making in agriculture (Ahmad 2012;Fisher and Carr 2015;Khalil et al 2019).…”

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“…Studies of the gender dimensions of climate change adaptation in Bangladesh find that women face greater vulnerabilities due to climate change and have more limited adaptive capacity (Ahmad 2012). Despite these challenges, women do participate in climate change adaptation in distinct ways when they have access to information and social networks, typically through NGO programs (Khalil et al 2019). Women's preferences for climate-smart practices tend to relate to their gendered roles in agriculture, such as homestead garden production, livestock care, grain and food preservation and storage, and planting roadside trees (Chaudhury et al 2012; Corcoran-Nantes and Roy 2018).…”

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Women’s empowerment and farmland allocations in Bangladesh: evidence of a possible pathway to crop diversification

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Climate change will likely affect several of the dimensions that determine people’s food security status in Bangladesh, from crop production to the availability and accessibility of food products. Crop diversification is a form of adaptation to climate change that reduces exposure to climate-related risks and has also been shown to increase diet diversity, reduce micronutrient deficiencies, and positively affect agro-ecological systems. Despite these benefits, the level of crop diversification in Bangladesh remains extremely low, requiring an examination of the factors that support uptake of this practice. This paper explores whether women’s empowerment, measured using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), leads to increased diversification in the use of farmland. Our results reveal that some aspects of women’s empowerment in agriculture, but not all, lead to more diversification and to a transition from cereal production to other crops like vegetables and fruits. These findings suggest a possible pathway for gender-sensitive interventions that promote crop diversity as a risk management tool and as a way to improve the availability of nutritious crops.

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“…First, Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable due to global warming and climate change due to its overpopulation and low altitude (Khalil et al, 2019). Global warming implies that carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions create many social problems (Cadez et al, 2019;Carrico & Donato, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Global warming implies that carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions create many social problems (Cadez et al, 2019;Carrico & Donato, 2019). In Bangladesh, climate change has already been adding significant stress to people's physical and environmental resources (Khalil et al, 2019). Cadez and Czerny (2016) stated that policy strictness has a positive effect on corporate efforts to reduce CO 2 and GHG emissions.…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility Programs and Community Perceptions of Societal Progress in Bangladesh: A Multimethod Approach

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Grounded on stakeholder theory and contemporary corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature, this study aims to investigate the broad categories of CSR programs (CSRPs) of scheduled banks and nonbanking financial institutions of Bangladesh Bank (the central bank of Bangladesh). This study also attempts to build the relationship between CSRPs and community perceptions of societal progress. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyze the data collected from primary and secondary sources. The findings of this study show that CSRPs positively influence community perceptions of societal progress. The results of this study will have significant practical implications on societal progress and future research on CSR and community development.

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Female contribution to grassroots innovation for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh

Cited by 37 publications

References 55 publications

Current Information Provision Rarely Helps Coastal Households Adapt to Climate Change

Current Information Provision Rarely Helps Coastal Households Adapt to Climate Change

Women’s empowerment and farmland allocations in Bangladesh: evidence of a possible pathway to crop diversification

Corporate Social Responsibility Programs and Community Perceptions of Societal Progress in Bangladesh: A Multimethod Approach

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