The
following are work shop objectives of incorporation of Gender into
climate-Resilent crop livestock systems Research to Accelerate food security in
Africa held in Nairobi may 3-5. participants from the workshop came from East,
South and West African countries.
1.
To establish the
current state of knowledge on gender and climate charge in crop-livestock
system in Africa, identify the issue on gender and crop livestock systems in
relation to climate change and give women enough space for fulkar Research.
2.
looking at
livestock, a majority of human diseases are transmitted from livestock implying
that climate change will significantly change
disease emergences. In addition, a shift to start looking at how sequencing
carbon in the tropic in addition to trees would be worth investing in. it
therefore goes without saying that Agriculture, climate change and gender are
invert wind.
3.
To review some of
the hazards climate change occurrences observed in different countries eg
Ethiopia, drought and flood, flash flood in Kenya, melting of glaciers in Tanzania,
4.
With the aim to
better understand the current state in the region, so as to come up with
useful, adaptable and practical strategies at country and weal level and also
to exchange information the environmental current issues.
5.
Successful
incorporation of gender into Agriculture research requires gender sanitization
and capacity building. A training session on gender sensitization was the part
of the work shop so as to well equip the participants in this area of research
and to enable them to integrate gender into their programs and project.
6. The 3 days
workshop enabled partictipants to share knowledge and information from the
region, build and enhance their capacity on gender and other related issues and
create a network of partners who can further drive the research work on gender
and climate change.