Opportunities for Advancing Women’s Sustainable and Green Livelihoods Food Security, Small-scale Women Farmers and Climate Change in Caribbean SIDS

Resumo

wo waves of change— long-term climate change and immediate-term economic crises—are bringing the issue of food security into sharper relief— particularly in those Caribbean countries where food security is already volatile and faces a series of risks and challenges to the primary components of food security: food availability; food access; safely and nutritional quality; and stability and sustainability of supply (CARICOM, 2010). Climate change adds urgency. It also drives a renewed focus and prioritisation, and ensures that adaptation is wholly integrated into natural resource management, land use policies and, especially, into broader long-term macro-economic frameworks. (…)

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Tipo

Estudo

Ano

2013

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15533

Licença

Licença total exclusiva

Temas

Meio Ambiente

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Opportunities for Advancing Women’s Sustainable and Green Livelihoods Food SecuritySmall-scale Women Farmers and Climate Change in Caribbean SIDS