How Gender, Livestock and Climate Change Relate

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 postulated that certain countries including The Gambia may be prone to frequent drought in the future. Location of The Gambia in the Sudano-sahelian zone of Africa may particularly expose the country to adverse effects of climate change.

Meanwhile, livestock species and their owners under the present traditional farming systems will be vulnerable as the impacts of climate change become prominent. This is because those farmers are highly dependent on natural resources which include water, pasture, biomass and land.

Although environmental impacts of livestock farming is still shrouded in few debates, it is however widely believed that farm animals in the developing countries are important sources of livelihood and income for many resource-poor farmers which include men and women. Furthermore, the Gambian human population which under a constant fertility scenario is projected by the United Nations to reach 6,224,000 by 2050 will depend on animal protein in the form of milk, meat and eggs.

http://observer.gm/gender-and-climate-change-adaptation-in-the-context-of-livestock-farming-in-the-gambia/

Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR

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