Better use of gender-disaggregated data will improve climate-smart agriculture programs

Abstract

The Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) framework aims to: sustainably improve agricultural productivity and enhance food security, increase farmers’ resilience and adaptation to climate change, and reduce and/or remove greenhouse gas emissions where possible. However, it does not include an objective about gender equality, social inclusion, or other equity issues. For instance, the seminal 2010 FAO paper on CSA did not address gender, gender equality, or equity—and methods or metrics to address these issues were not proposed.