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Rangeland Women: Why Supporting Them Could Save Tunisia’s Degraded Ecosystems
Across the drylands, there is a widespread misconception surrounding rural women's involvement in rangelands.
Women's roles in livestock rearing, crop cultivation, and climate change adaptation, are either diminished or ...
Women Farmers Show the Way
The blog is based on book chapter Najjar, D. (2015). Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation. In Buechler, S. and Hanson, ...
Cactus cultivation as adaptation method for women in Egypt
The blog is based on book chapter Najjar, D. (2015). Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation. In Buechler, S. and Hanson, ...
Shedding light on women's wages and working conditions in the agricultural sector in Morocco
Blog on Shedding light on women's wages and working conditions in the agricultural sector in Morocco
Women's contribution to rangeland cultivation: a policy blind spot
The blog highlights the gender-specific challenges faced by Tunisian women in managing rangelands, emphasizing the need for inclusive policies. Despite active involvement in livestock activities, women encounter hurdles ...
Research in Tunisia Explores Women Pastoralists’ Roles in Climate Change Adaptation
A recent study from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Western University in Ontario, Canada, finds that women in Tunisia are more involved in livestock grazing and rearing ...
Investments in young women deliver for smallholder farmers
The blog describes how two young female academics benefited from the project through training and consultancy and finally opened their own consultancy office
Shifting gender roles across Tunisia’s rangelands
Blog about new and surprising insights of ICARDA study on livestock production identify steps to reduce the workload of rural women