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Gendered Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions of Climate Change, and the Barriers to its Adaptation in Mopti Region in Mali, Research Report no. 68

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Title Gendered Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions of Climate Change, and the Barriers to its Adaptation in Mopti Region in Mali, Research Report no. 68
 
Creator Diiro, G
Petri, M
Birhanu, Z B
Sinare, B
Dicko, M
Traore, D
Tabo, R
 
Subject Climate change
 
Description The current study presents the farmer and community perceptions of the causes and effects of climate
change, the barriers to adoption of the resilient practices, and the present level of practices adoption in
Mopti region in Mali, paying special attention to the gender of household head and farming systems in the
region.

The study results show that the majority of farmers perceive changes in climate in the past 10-20 years
and that female-headed household in the region are more vulnerable to climate change. Strategies
to adapt to climate change are diversified, but as expected, the proportion of adopting households is
lower among the female-headed households than their male counterparts. The most commonly cited
constraints to climate resilient practices adoption are low agricultural productivity, declining soil fertility
and poor seed quality. However, female headed households have to withstand specific barriers including
lack of finances, labor shortages and lack of access to land. Adoption of adaptation technologies was also
assessed in various farming systems. The more diversified a farmer’s system is, the more climate resilient
it is. Farmers’ reports that the most important adaptation methods influencing positively crop yield are
mixed farming, irrigation, fertilizers and improved seed varieties. Crop yields, livestock units owned and
per capita income significantly increase through technology diversification, but no clear relationship was
observed with respect to food security indicators.

In summary, the farming systems in the area are diversified but in order to have a more adaptive and
resilient system, there is a need to design and implement inclusive locally adapted strategies promoting
mixed farming and crop diversification, including use of improved crop varieties and soil fertility
management. The lack of labor and finance, and lack of access to land and to adapted livestock breeds is
also an important barrier to climate resilient strategies, in particular for female farmers. There is a need
to implement innovative and inclusive credit schemes to increase farmers’ liquidity and capacity to invest
in climate change adaptation. Increased adoption of climate resilient practices can also be enhanced
by integrating climate change and agro-meteorological forecasts in the current extension and advisory
services. Finally, improving local nutritional skills through enhanced diets could increase climate resilience
by augmenting food security.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2016-05
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9512/1/Text%20Gender%20Analysis.pdf
Diiro, G and Petri, M and Birhanu, Z B and Sinare, B and Dicko, M and Traore, D and Tabo, R (2016) Gendered Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions of Climate Change, and the Barriers to its Adaptation in Mopti Region in Mali, Research Report no. 68. Technical Report. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India.