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ADDRESSING GENDER IN CLIMATE-SMART
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
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The
Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate (SACC) project, on which the
policy brief is based, has gleaned several important insights into gender and
CSA:
- For both men and women,
livelihood
benefits such as enhanced incomes, access to credit, and
fuelwood are key motivators to adopt sustainable practices.
- Social norms and
intra-household decision-making
and bargaining influence participation and benefits from
agricultural projects.
- Achieving greater
participation of women in projects needs a focus on social structure,
social relations
and women’s capacity to make
their own decisions and act on them.
- Providing new spacesfor men and women to
participate together in decision-making can be more
beneficial than working with women and men as separate groups.
- Non-cash benefits, including
improved household communication, new roles and responsibilities for women
and improved community relationships, are valued highly by men and women
alike.