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Women, economic resilience, gender norms in a time of climate change: what do we know?

Cathy Farnworth Anne Rietveld Rachel Voss Angela Meentzen (2023, [Artículo])

This literature delves into 82 research articles, published between 2016 and 2022, to develop a deep understanding of how women manage their lives and livelihoods within their agrifood systems when these systems are being affected, sometimes devastatingly, by climate change. The Findings show that four core gender norms affect the ability of women to achieve economic resilience in the face of climate change operate in agrifood production systems. Each of these gender norms speaks to male privilege: (i) Men are primary decision-makers, (ii) Men are breadwinners, (iii) Men control assets, and (iv) Men are food system actors. These gender norms are widely held and challenge women’s abilities to become economically resilient. These norms are made more powerful still because they fuse with each other and act on multiple levels, and they serve to support other norms which limit women’s scope to act. It is particularly noteworthy that many institutional actors, ranging from community decision-makers to development partners, tend to reinforce rather than challenge gender norms because they do not critically review their own assumptions.

However, the four gender norms cited are not hegemonic. First, there is limited and intriguing evidence that intersectional identities can influence women’s resilience in significant ways. Second, gender norms governing women’s roles and power in agrifood systems are changing in response to climate change and other forces, with implications for how women respond to future climate shocks. Third, paying attention to local realities is important – behaviours do not necessarily substantiate local norms. Fourth, women experience strong support from other women in savings groups, religious organisations, reciprocal labour, and others. Fifth, critical moments, such as climate disasters, offer potentially pivotal moments of change which could permit women unusually high levels of agency to overcome restrictive gender norms without being negatively sanctioned. The article concludes with recommendations for further research.

Economic Resilience Intersectional Identities Women Groups Support CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ECONOMICS RESILIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE GENDER NORMS AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS WOMEN

Domesticación de papaya: implicaciones en la tolerancia al cambio climático

AMARANTA GIRON RAMIREZ ARIANNA CHRISTINE CHAN LEON YESSICA BAUTISTA BAUTISTA ERICK ARROYO ALVAREZ Humberto José Estrella Maldonado Gabriela Fuentes Ortiz Jorge Manuel Santamaría Fernández (2023, [Artículo])

Mucho se ha hablado de que el proceso de domesticación de las especies comerciales trajo consigo una reducción en la talla de las plantas, un aumento en el tamaño de los frutos, cambios en el tipo sexual de las flores en algunos casos, etc. Sin embargo, poco se ha discutido la posibilidad de que, en algunas especies como en la papaya, el proceso de domesticación pudo haber traído consigo una pérdida de la tolerancia a sequía y posiblemente a otros factores climáticos, tolerancia que aún es posible encontrar en las poblaciones silvestres de esta importante especie.

CARICA PAPAYA PLANTAS SILVESTRES RESERVORIO GENETICO SEQUIA BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL