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1. Library Resource

   

   Training guide on gender and climate change research in agriculture and food security for rural development

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2013

   Bangladesh, Honduras, United States of America, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Jamaica, Pakistan, Niger, Nepal, Japan, South Africa, Vietnam, Somalia, Tanzania, Botswana, India, Armenia, Kenya

   natural resources management

   capacity development

   The guide is an important resource for development professionals and researchers working with households and communities. The objective of the gender and climate training guide is to address the lack of information on how men and women adapt to, and mitigate climate change. The Participatory Action Research methods and activities of the guide help ensure that gender is reflected in research activities and outcomes. The guide will help promote gender-sensitive adaptation and mitigation activities in projects for agriculture and food security.

2. Library Resource

   

   Jamaica : Toward a Strategy for Financial Weather Risk Management in Agriculture

   February, 2013

   Jamaica

   capacity development

   farmers

   natural disasters

   rural areas

   rural development

   transaction costs

   This report forms part of the technical
   assistance provided by the World Bank under the Non-lending
   Technical Assistance Program for the Caribbean
   'market-based agriculture risk management in the
   Caribbean.' The program is largely financed by the
   European Union All Agriculture Commodities Program (AACP)
   Initiative and contributions from the International Fund for
   Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the World Bank. This