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Are perception and adaptation to climate variability and change of cowpea growers in Mali gender differentiated?

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11790/
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01242-1
doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01242-1
 
Title Are perception and adaptation to climate variability and change of cowpea growers in Mali gender differentiated?
 
Creator Diarra, F B
Ouédraogo, M
Zougmoré, R B
Partey, S T
Houessionon, P
Mensah, A
 
Subject Climate Adaptation
Climate Change
Gender Research
Mali
 
Description Understanding the gender dimension of climate change perception and choice of adaptation
strategies is crucial for policy recommendations that foster the development and integration
of gender-responsive climate-smart agricultural interventions into agricultural
development programs. This study determined the differences in the perception and choice
of adaptation strategies between men and women farmers in Cinzana in the Segou region
of Mali. The study used questionnaire interviews involving 260 farmers (49% women) and
focus group discussions for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics
and multinomial logit model to understand the determinants of the level of adoption of
adaptation strategies. The results showed that, irrespective of gender, majority of farmers
perceived climate change as extended period of droughts, shortened duration of rains,
increased frequency of strong winds and increased day and night temperatures. While climate
change perception was similar between men and women, choice of adaptation strategies
differed significantly in most instances. Women farmers were generally low adopters
of crop and varieties-related strategies, soil and water conservation technics (contour farming,
use of organic manure), etc., compare to men. Notably, being the household head, age
and the availability of free labor were found to positively increased farmers’ probability of
adopting many adaptation strategies. The study recommends improving women’s access
and control of production resources (land, labor) as means to improving their adoption of
adaptation strategies.
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2021-01
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11790/1/s10668-021-01242-1.pdf
Diarra, F B and Ouédraogo, M and Zougmoré, R B and Partey, S T and Houessionon, P and Mensah, A (2021) Are perception and adaptation to climate variability and change of cowpea growers in Mali gender differentiated? Environment, Development and Sustainability (TSI). ISSN 1387-585X