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Climate Change Disproportionately Hits Women Farmers

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Title Climate Change Disproportionately Hits Women Farmers
 
Creator Dawit, Mahilet
Mohammed, Yasin
Ambaw, Gebermedihin
Bekele, Tamrat
Abdella, Selam
Huyer, Sophia
Gondwe, Therese
Endrias, Abrhame
Amha, Yosef
Tesfaye, Abonesh
Auma, Joseph
Haile, Aynalem
Solomon, Dawit
 
Subject agriculture
climate-smart agriculture
farmers
climate change
women
 
Description ▪ The effect of climate change is manifested by increased frequency, duration and intensity of extreme weather and climate events that include unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather conditions.
▪ These primarily range from increases in seasonal temperature involving heat waves, dry spells, and water stress, as well as cold(frost) and changes in the precipitation patterns, including rainfall intensities and flush floods.
▪ The effects of extreme weather events are seen in rising economic (production) costs, loss of livestock (human) lives, droughts, floods, landslides, and salient changes in ago-ecosystems.
▪ These results in reduced crop yield, crop failure, reduced soil fertility, loss of vegetation cover, livestock number reduction and land degradation, among other factors.
▪ Women and men experience the impacts of climate change differently, but considering the existing gender inequalities, these climate crises pose more threats to women and young girls than men.
▪ Climate change is burdening women to provide energy, water and food for their families and livestock.
▪ Accordingly, the analysis indicated that women excessively suffer the impacts of climate disasters, as they are more exposed, sensitive and have low adaptive capacity.
 
Date 2022-12
2022-12-09T13:13:19Z
2022-12-09T13:13:19Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Dawit M, Mohammed Y, Ambaw G, Bekele T, Abdella S, Huyer S, Gondwe T, Endrias A, Amha Y, Tesfaye A, Auma J, Haile A, Solomon D. 2022. Climate Change Disproportionately Hits Women Farmers. AICCRA Info Note. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125871
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format 6 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa