India’s agricultural systems are increasingly affected by climate change’s adverse effects. The Government of India has an impressive set of programs to address this issue, but they have substantial shortcomings, especially in reaching women farmers. We aim to understand policy and implementation gaps in reaching women farmers with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and study how women and men farmer’s different roles in agriculture shape their needs and access to complementary services needed to adapt to climate change.
At the Inception Workshop today on Institutionalizing the Gender Responsive Cell, its Framework & Roadmap, Hon’ble Deputy CM Sri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo stressed sustained action for women’s participation in the agriculture policy domain for a Gender Responsive development. Senior officials and experts termed the GRC a key governance reform and a transformative step in public systems. Organized by DA&FE with IFPRI and support from the Gates Foundation, the workshop reaffirmed Odisha’s leadership in gender-responsive agricultural governance.
Presentation -Dibyabharati Nayak