Towards realization of nexus-doing at the grassroots level: Water-energy-food governance assessment in the Songwe River Basin (Tanzania and Malawi)
In: Environmental science & policy, Band 150, S. 103596
ISSN: 1462-9011
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In: Environmental science & policy, Band 150, S. 103596
ISSN: 1462-9011
In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 18, Heft 4
ISSN: 1708-3087
Smallholder farmers in the sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to climate variability and change, and are thus in need of adaptation. Access to climate information, such as weather forecasts, has been identified as a potential enabler for improved adaptation, but such access tends to be strongly gendered. This study uses qualitative and quantitative data to assess the availability, accessibility and use of climate information among smallholder sugarcane farmers in southern Malawi, disaggregating data according to gender, age, education level and landholding size. We found that radio is the most common, and preferred, means of accessing forecasts for men and women, but that women farmers also prefer to access forecasts through a knowledge broker. Those farmers with higher levels of education (mostly men) prefer to also obtain forecasts via internet and cell phone. Most farmers consider the forecasts reliable, timely and understandable – more so in the case of men than women. Understanding gendered preferences and barriers to climate information access is crucial for benefits of adaptation to be accessed equitably. ; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Department for International Development UK Government. ; https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tcld20 ; hj2020 ; Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology
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In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 23, Heft 4
ISSN: 1708-3087
In: Ecology and society: E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, Band 18, Heft 3
ISSN: 1708-3087