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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.06.003
	How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective
	Perez C.; Jones E.M.; Kristjanson P.; Cramer L.; Thornton P.K.; Förch W.; Barahona C.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	34
英文摘要	In this paper we examine conditions that underlie vulnerability and resilience possibilities for households and communities that face and respond to climate- and other changes, in nine East and West African countries. We base our analysis on a unique integrated qualitative and quantitative dataset composed of household surveys and village focus group studies carried out across a wide range of environments and agricultural systems. We identify human population growth, commercialization of the economy, and natural resource use policies, in addition to weather, as key drivers of change. We compare the agricultural and livelihood systems of male and female respondents, as well as their productive resources, organization and access to services. Women have less access than men to common property resources, as well as to cash to obtain goods or services. Women control less land than men, the land they control is often of poorer quality, and their tenure is insecure. Women engage in mutual insurance and risk-sharing networks, and benefit from non-agricultural services provided by social support institutions external to the village. Formally registered, public and private external organizations that foster agriculture and livestock production have tremendous anti-women biases, and tend to provide support primarily to men. Policies and strategies are needed to eliminate those prejudices so that men and women increase their resilience and manage well their changing environments. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Agriculture; Climate change; Gender
学科领域	adaptive management; climate change; commercialization; data set; ecosystem resilience; environmental change; farming system; gender role; household survey; livestock farming; nature-society relations; policy making; population growth; resource use; vulnerability; agricultural production; common property resource; ecosystem service; insurance system; natural resource; strategic approach; Africa; East Africa; West Africa
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptive management; climate change; commercialization; data set; ecosystem resilience; environmental change; farming system; gender role; household survey; livestock farming; nature-society relations; policy making; population growth; resource use; vulnerability; agricultural production; common property resource; ecosystem service; insurance system; natural resource; strategic approach; Africa; East Africa; West Africa
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117484
作者单位	Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP), The McKnight Foundation, 28 Wheeler Pl., West Nyack, NY 10994, United States; Reading University, Statistical Service Centre, P.O. Box 240, Reading, RG6 6FN, United Kingdom; Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Program (CCAFS), World Agroforestry Centre, P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya; Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Program (CCAFS), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Perez C.,Jones E.M.,Kristjanson P.,et al. How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective[J],2015,34.
APA	Perez C..,Jones E.M..,Kristjanson P..,Cramer L..,Thornton P.K..,...&Barahona C..(2015).How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective.Global Environmental Change,34.
MLA	Perez C.,et al."How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective".Global Environmental Change 34(2015).