scholarly journals Examining the Barriers to Gender Integration in Agriculture, Climate Change, Food Security, and Nutrition Policies: Guatemalan and Honduran Perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanny Howland ◽  
Mariola Acosta ◽  
Juliana Muriel ◽  
Jean-Francois Le Coq
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
National Level ◽  
National Development ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
International Level ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Gender Integration ◽  
Policy Translation ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

Gender mainstreaming is seen, at international level, as critical to achieving national development goals and addressing key global challenges such as climate change and food and nutrition insecurity in the agriculture sector. Our study examined the barriers leading to poor gender mainstreaming and potential solutions in policies applying to gender, agriculture, climate change, food security and nutrition, in both Guatemala and Honduras. We used a case study approach to analyze the barriers to gender integration in these governments' policies. Based on semi-structured interviews and policy document analysis, we conducted a methodology based on policy mix, policy integration and policy translation. Results show that, despite having made multiple international commitments on gender issues and having gender-labeled policy and governmental gender bodies, gender mainstreaming in the policy cycle is lagging. There are multiple barriers of a different nature and at different levels that explain the lack of gender integration in the policy cycle, related and linked to: (1) policy translation from the international level; (2) structural policy barriers at national level; (3) behaviors and corruption; and (4) lack of knowledge and capacity. Solutions to address these barriers have been identified. Our results confirmed the literature findings and also introduce new elements such as the importance of considering the nature of the relationship (purely technical and/or political) between governments and international cooperation actors to evaluate the level of gender integration in policy. Furthermore, we stress that for key informants, there are no (easy) solutions to redress the poor gender integration strategies implemented. Finally, we noted that no solutions were provided relating to structural racism and machismo, religious extremism, power groups, and censorship of civil society.

scholarly journals Role of water infrastructure programs for family farmers in strengthening adaptive capacities to climate change: lessons from the Cisterns Program in Semi-arid Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Patrícia dos Santos Mesquita ◽  
Louise Cavalcante
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
National Level ◽  
Specific Capacity ◽  
Water Infrastructure ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Institutional Actors ◽  
Water And Food Security ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Semi Arid

The semi-arid region of Brazil, marked by low human development indicators, has historically suffered from water scarcity, being the focus of public policies to reduce socioeconomic, water, and climatic vulnerabilities for more than a century. Among the recent initiatives, the Cisterns Program stands out as an attempt to guarantee water and food security for family farmers through the construction of social technologies for water storage, such as cisterns production. Thus, the research objective was to analyse the perception of farmers and institutional actors involved with the Program about the impact of the 2011-2018 drought on the functioning of cisterns and to discuss how water infrastructure programs can improve the adaptive capacity of farmers affected by climate change. Through semi-structured interviews with institutional actors at the regional/national level and with farmers in semi-arid Brazil in the years of 2017/2018, the results indicate that access to the social technology seems to strengthen the relationship between water and food security, and the specific capacity of farmers in dealing with climatic risks. We conclude with lessons and recommendations from the Brazilian experience that can be useful for actors from other semi-arid regions involved in water infrastructure programs.

scholarly journals Increasing food security and nutrition resilience in response to climate change in east Africa: findings from a multisectoral symposium

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. S23
Author(s):  
Paula Braitstein ◽  
Tenzin Lama ◽  
Susan Keino ◽  
Branka Gladanac ◽  
Faith Yego ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

scholarly journals Tackling Regional Climate Change Impacts and Food Security Issues: A Critical Analysis across ASEAN, PIF, and SAARC

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Saidul Islam ◽  
Edson Kieu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Legal Obligation ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Regional Policies

Climate change and food security issues are multi-faceted and transcend across national boundaries. Therefore, this paper begins with the premise that regional organizations are optimally positioned to address climate change and food security issues while actively engaging global partners to slow down or reverse current trajectories. However, the potential of regional organizations to play a central role in mitigating these vital concerns has not been realized. In this paper, we focus on three regional organizations—the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and set out to investigate the multifaceted obstacles that impede regional organizations’ ability to effectively cope with these problems. We qualitatively review the efficacy of policies and examine the connections between politico-economic processes that affect the development, cooperation, and execution of regional policies. In doing so, we review regional policies using five key criteria: (i) planning, (ii) implementation, (iii) cooperation, (iv) legal obligation and (v) international contribution. Our findings suggest that regional organizations face fundamental problems in the implementation of extensive policies due to the lack of cooperation and legal obligation between member nation-states that stems from fundamental prioritization of national development agendas over regional cooperation.

Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-40
Author(s):  
Sunil Londhe
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
The Future ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

Many studies have demonstrated the sensitivities of crop yield to a changing climate, a major challenge for the agricultural research community is to relate these findings to the wider societal concern with food security. Apart from few exceptions, the likely impacts of climate change on agricultural sector in the future are not understood in any great depth. There are many concerns as to how changes in temperature, rainfall and atmospheric Carbon Dioxide concentrations will interact in relation to agricultural productivity. The present article is an attempt to distil about the likely effects of climate change on food security and nutrition in coming decades. The consequences of climate change on various important aspects of agriculture are discussed and summarized. The article also discusses the analysis on the possible mitigation measures and adaptations for agriculture production in the future climate change scenarios.

scholarly journals Food Security of Banjar People In Facing Climate Change In Sungai Batang Village, Banjar District, South Kalimantan

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Setia Budhi ◽  
Sri Hidayah ◽  
Ismar Hamid ◽  
Siti Aulia ◽  
Muhammad Agrianto Suwandi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

In the last five years, the world's attention has shifted to food security in relation to climate change adaptation and mitigation, particularly in 2008, when food prices skyrocketed, causing famine in Cape Africa and even the Sahel, which is still feeling the effects of this famine in 2012. In the same year, the OHCHR report (the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) notes the need to safeguard food security and nutrition in the context of Human Rights. A major shift occurred in Indonesian agriculture due to the 1999 eruption of Mount Elanor. A focus on climate influences has been a prominent component of the Indonesian government's policy regarding agriculture for some time. Plant-resistant crops or programs for mitigating climate change take the form of either of these options. Culminating a significant development in policies to secure food security, such as protection of agricultural land, various policies were created to evaluate land use and regulations of the Minister of Agriculture pertaining to guidelines for land use. The study, which was done for a period of six months, has a goal of learning more about the Banjar people's local knowledge on climate change. By collecting data from locals, such as farmers, community leaders, and village heads, who have detailed knowledge about Banjar customs and traditions, and from Banjar people who are selected for the research in Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, qualitative methods and collection of local knowledge and local wisdom strategies were employed.

scholarly journals Corporate Scramble for Africa? Towards a postcolonial framework for transglocal development governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1213-1233
Author(s):  
Johanna Gammelgaard ◽  
Stine Haakonsson ◽  
Sine N. Just
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
National Level ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Global Principles ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

Building on postcolonial critical organization and development studies, this paper explores the neo-colonial drive of a global development initiative. The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NA) was launched in 2012 and provides a governance framework for partnerships between donors, governments, and companies that applies principles and practices of market-led growth as means to the end of inclusive development. Through an in-depth, multilevel analysis that juxtaposes the NA’s stipulated framework with the lived experiences of smallholder farmers in Malawi, one of ten African countries to participate in NA, the paper shows how local consequences are decoupled from global goals through governance gaps in both the horizontal and vertical dynamics of implementation. This decoupling of intention and consequence, we argue, happens at the national level of translating global principles into local practices. On the basis of this analysis, we suggest that vertical and horizontal governance must be integrated in one framework. Thus, we contribute to ongoing efforts to improve the theory and practice of the organization of development by introducing a framework of transglocal governance.

scholarly journals Multi-Level Climate Governance in Bangladesh via Climate Change Mainstreaming: Lessons for Local Climate Action in Dhaka City

Urban Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Nawrose Fatemi ◽  
Seth Asare Okyere ◽  
Stephen Kofi Diko ◽  
Michihiro Kita
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
National Level ◽  
National Development ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
City Development ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Multi Level

Over the last three decades, Bangladesh has implemented various initiatives to address different climate change impacts. In a multi-level governance arrangement, addressing climate change impacts is often constrained by climate change mainstreaming. In Bangladesh, a crucial question that arises is how mitigation and adaptation efforts are addressed at both national and sub-national levels. This paper examines the integration of climate change issues into national, sectoral, and city development plans with a particular focus on Dhaka using a framework developed based on the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) climate change mainstreaming guidelines for national development processes. The review finds evidence that mainstreaming of climate change is strong in national and sectoral development plans and has been incremental since 2002. However, climate change mainstreaming in Dhaka city development plans is moderate, especially in terms of climate risk and opportunity assessment, institutional arrangement, and capacity building for climate action. To augment existing efforts at mainstreaming at the sub-national level, the paper suggests the need to build sub-national level climate capacity with particular attention to institutional coordination and cooperation among agencies at different levels of development planning and to establish a national financing arrangement that allows sub-national agencies to harness climate finance.

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