Gender, intersectionality and climate smart agriculture in South Asia: A review DOI Creative Commons
Nitya Rao,

Reema Sathe,

Natasha Grist

et al.

PLOS Climate, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(2), P. e0000482 - e0000482

Published: Feb. 24, 2025

Food systems-based livelihoods are precarious for many of the most vulnerable and marginalised people, with climate variability change posing a grave threat to food security. South Asia is expected be one three concentrated regions hunger in world by 2050. Whilst highly diverse both socio-cultural systems ecosystems, majority depend on smallholder farming throughout region. Transforming agriculture therefore critical sustainable equitable development achieving Yet role gender intersectionality still inadequately woven into this future. In paper, we find little evidence robust intersectional contextualisation design analysis Climate Smart Agriculture practices. We examine existing illustrate how nuanced understanding relations can inform smart approach landscape uses land ensure nutritional security face change. Gender segregated data analysis, which helps recognize vulnerable, an essential underpinning transformed policymaking project design. Direct support required, alongside structured interventions beyond farm gate relation access credit finance, leadership capacity building equity focussed transformation national regional policy frameworks impacts. Focusing literature from India, supplemented wider Asian research, that despite growing relationship between gender, change, agriculture, including class, caste other social identities, remains limited.

Language: Английский

Gender, intersectionality and climate smart agriculture in South Asia: A review DOI Creative Commons
Nitya Rao,

Reema Sathe,

Natasha Grist

et al.

PLOS Climate, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(2), P. e0000482 - e0000482

Published: Feb. 24, 2025

Food systems-based livelihoods are precarious for many of the most vulnerable and marginalised people, with climate variability change posing a grave threat to food security. South Asia is expected be one three concentrated regions hunger in world by 2050. Whilst highly diverse both socio-cultural systems ecosystems, majority depend on smallholder farming throughout region. Transforming agriculture therefore critical sustainable equitable development achieving Yet role gender intersectionality still inadequately woven into this future. In paper, we find little evidence robust intersectional contextualisation design analysis Climate Smart Agriculture practices. We examine existing illustrate how nuanced understanding relations can inform smart approach landscape uses land ensure nutritional security face change. Gender segregated data analysis, which helps recognize vulnerable, an essential underpinning transformed policymaking project design. Direct support required, alongside structured interventions beyond farm gate relation access credit finance, leadership capacity building equity focussed transformation national regional policy frameworks impacts. Focusing literature from India, supplemented wider Asian research, that despite growing relationship between gender, change, agriculture, including class, caste other social identities, remains limited.

Language: Английский

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