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Climate-Smart Agriculture Manual for Agriculture Education in Zimbabwe

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Title Climate-Smart Agriculture Manual for Agriculture Education in Zimbabwe
 
Creator Huyer, Sophia
Nyasimi, Mary
 
Subject climate-smart agriculture
gender
gender-responsive policies
information
technology
 
Description This chapter addresses the critical links of gender with climate change and agriculture. In Zimbabwe and the rest of the developing world, both women and men are smallholders, yet the role that women play is often unrecognised. Globally, women make up 43% of the agricultural labour force, and in Zimbabwe they provide 70% of agricultural labour. Women face structural barriers that create gender gaps and inequalities. Women farmers in southern Africa, as a result, face barriers in adopting CSA practices, including unequal access to credit, technology and agricultural inputs as well as capacity-building. The changing climate
is poised to exacerbate these inequalities unless measures are taken to address them. This chapter demonstrates that climate-smart agriculture practices and policies will need to take these barriers into account and develop solutions to address them. Highlighted CSA case studies not only improve food security and increase incomes, but also benefit women and reduce gender barriers. Finally, the chapter emphasises the importance of developing and implementing gender-responsive climate change and
agricultural practices, and of mainstreaming gender into academic curricula.
 
Date 2017-11-11
2017-12-05T14:05:26Z
2017-12-05T14:05:26Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Huyer S, Nyasimi M. 2017. Gender and Social Inclusion. Climate-Smart Agriculture Manual for Agriculture Education in Zimbabwe. Copenhagen: Climate Technology Centre and Network.
978-87-93458-21-5
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89632
https://www.ctc-n.org/system/files/dossier/3b/climate-smart_agriculture_manual_final.pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND
Open Access
 
Format 44-58
 
Publisher Climate Technology Centre and Network