Gender, water, and climate change in Sonora, Mexico: Implications for policies and programmes on agricultural income-generation

dc.contributor.authorBuechler, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSonoraen
dc.coverage.spatialMexicoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:58Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:58Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article concentrates on the viability of gendered agricultural production in Sonora, Mexico in the framework of climate change. Sonora, Mexico was selected as the study area because fruit and vegetable family production still persists even though several types of fruit cannot be grown in the area due to increasing temperatures throughout the region. Feminist research methodologies were employed while conducting interviews to collect data. The results indicated that female farmer incomes are threatened by climate change and the exhaustion of water supplies. The results also showed that men and women depend differently on agricultural activities. The loss of income due to the effects of climate change on agricultural production of fruits and vegetables leave women vulnerable because other forms of employment demand higher education and do not pay an adequate wage. In the face of dramatic loss of income, the author suggests a combination of adaption and mitigation policies. These policies should include: job-creation and training programs, agricultural projects with erosion mitigation, water harvesting/retention, reforestation, natural fertilizer and local seeds.en
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dc.identifier4723en
dc.identifier.citationGender and Development 17(1): 51-66en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13552070802696912en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68959en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a908763688~db=all~order=pageen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2010 Informa plc, Copyright Oxfam GB 2009en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectIncome generationen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectDevelopment policyen
dc.subjectDevelopment programsen
dc.subjectWater resourcesen
dc.subjectDevelopment programsen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectSonoraen
dc.subjectMexicoen
dc.subjectAdaptationen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Governanceen
dc.titleGender, water, and climate change in Sonora, Mexico: Implications for policies and programmes on agricultural income-generationen
dc.typeAbstracten
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