Presentation by Dr Carolina Navarette-Frias, Coordinator, Decision and Policy Analysis Program (DAPA) at CIAT, at the 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) in Rio de Janiero, Learning Event No. 13, Session 3: Research addressing the needs of women producers.

1. Agriculture and Rural Development Day at RIO+20, June 2012
1 • 3/21/11
Gender Sensitivity in
Climate Change
Adaptation:
Lessons
from the
Field
Photo by: Neil Palmer
Carolina Navarrete Frias

2. 2 • 3/21/11
In most regions of the world, one out of
five farms is headed by a woman
Women comprise 43% of the agricultural labor
force in developing countries
Nevertheless, inequalities persist between men
and women in:
•Assets for agriculture (land, water, trees, etc.)
•Access to services, information, and markets
•Knowledge and skills

3. 3 • 3/21/11
“Must ask” questions for discerning gender effects on
agriculture:
• Who owns or controls the
assets?
• Who does the work?
• Who makes the decisions?
• Who captures what share
of the benefits?
• Who is able to
participate?

4. 4 • 3/21/11
Gender sensitivity requires empirical evidence!
Household and Village Gender and Climate
Baseline Surveys Change Pilot Studies
•Simple, comparable cross-site •Ghana, Bangladesh, and Uganda
indicators for which changes can
be evaluated over time. • Developing gender-differentiated
village resource maps
•Develops clear gender-sensitive
indicators for monitoring the • Understanding unequal access to
impact of climate change and weather information
adaptation interventions (e.g. • Informing gender-sensitive
men’s versus women’s reception of adaptation strategies.
weather-related information).

5. 5 • 3/21/11
Gender biased access to weather information:
Results from the 2011 CCAFS household baseline survey
Sarlahi, Lawra-Jirapa, Ghana Lushoto, Tanzania
Nepal
90 70
60
80
60
70 50
50
% of households
60
40
50 40
40 30
30
30
20 20
20
10 10
10
0 0
0
Forecast of the Forecast of Forecast of the Forecast of the
Forecast of Forecast of the Forecast of the
weather 2-3 days extreme event start of the rains weather 2-3
extreme event start of the rains weather 2-3 days
days
Only
Both men Only
women
and women men
access
access info access
info
info

6. 6 • 3/21/11
Climate analogue approach: Facilitating adaptation
through gender sensitivity
•Help communities explore adaptation options by learning
from the experience of other ‘analogous’ communities
Where in the world are climate conditions now
similar to the conditions I will face in the future?
What can I learn from how people in those
places cope with their climate?

7. 7 • 3/21/11
Farmer-to-farmer exchange:
Community facing climate change
learns adaptation strategies from Home site
analogous community
Lushoto
Farmers from Lushoto visit
Nyombo in Tanzania, and
return home to share
Nyombo
Analogue
site
(how Lushoto will look in the future)

8. 8 • 3/21/11
A gender-specific approach means all community
members will benefit from the exchange
•What do men want to learn from the analogue community? What do
women want to learn?
•Is it culturally appropriate for women to interact with members of
another community? Are there ways to overcome any restrictions?
•Do men and women have the same socio-economic ability to act on
what they learn?
•Do women have enough educational background to participate in a
dialogue?
•Can women travel as far and at the same time as men?
•Do women have the same adaptation priorities as men?

9. 9 • 3/21/11
Evidence-based knowledge must inform
gender and cc policy
• What barriers prevent the integration of gender into policies?
Social, legal, economic, political?
• The evidence must go
both ways!
Strengthen the policy
formulation process with a
gender approach to avoid risks
of ignoring the “gender gap.”
Incorporating a gender
perspective in the NAPAs
(Colombian case).

10. 10 • 3/21/11
c.navarrete@cgiar.org
Photo by: Neil Palmer