Gender and social inclusion impact of climate change, COVID shocks and stresses on agriculture and food systems in Tanzania: The case of Maasai women in Chalinze district

cg.contributor.affiliationMzumbe Universityen
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactPlatformGender
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
dc.contributor.authorGenda, Elizabeth Luluen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:47:57Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:47:57Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137162
dc.titleGender and social inclusion impact of climate change, COVID shocks and stresses on agriculture and food systems in Tanzania: The case of Maasai women in Chalinze districten
dcterms.abstractConsideration to gender matters is important for the equity of climate change adaptation programs and effective food security. The overlaying global socioecological emergencies of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have simultaneously impacted food security. The study assessed the impacts of climate change and COVID-19 outbreak on food security among Maasai using gender lenses. The paper is a result of mixed-methods research design that mainly relied on interviews, focus group discussion, and questionnaire. The findings shows that Maasai women were facing difficulties caused by climate change long before COVID-19 outbreak due to their nomadic nature, where men migrated with livestock to areas with better pasture and water for livestock— leaving behind women and children. This affected women because they depend on milk and its products for family consumption and income; consequently, absence of livestock triggered food insecurity. The study recommended that government and its agencies and stakeholders: increase their consideration to the climate change stresses on agriculture and food systems through gender programs; strengthen the integration of research into climate adaptation programs; increase advocacy for coping with climate change–related risks in relationship to nature and ecosystems and values that drive inequalities in development and resist social reforms.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGenda, Elizabeth Lulu. 2023. Gender and social inclusion impact of climate change, COVID shocks and stresses on agriculture and food systems in Tanzania: The case of Maasai women in Chalinze district. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. Mzumbe Universityen
dcterms.issued2023-10-09en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.publisherMzumbe Universityen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectresearchen
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typePresentation

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
1.1a_genda.pdf
Size:
130.88 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Presentation