KAUMUDIBEN SATISHBHAI TADVI welcomes the village of Vyadhar Nestled in the Gjarat region on the west coast of India. Here, along with his family, he tries to plant cotton and harvest the pigeon peas and conduct livestock experience. In recent years, the weight of unexpected rain, strong winds and severe fog is significantly affecting the amount of significantly high quality and productivity, and has witnessed the creation of strong winds and heavy fog. This is a millions of farmer and really world; But it is often the one who hit the hardest to female farmers.
Have an approximate 31.5 million farmer A global scale is growing cotton, about half of them (46%). Contrary to the famous belief, these women are actively involved through the cultivation process of fiber and are the basis for the success of the sector. In some regions, men flocked to improving women to adopt the role of “leading farmer” and flocked to the cities following the livelihoods. This critical role is not yet recognized yet.
Cultural norms of patriarchal values, in many cases, restrict women’s decision-making power and protect them from legal land. Summarization of a woman, as a peripheral role in the fields, as ‘farm hands’, caused the concentration of resources among men farmers. Climate change only serves to further increase the situation, but increasing the workload by reducing their livelihoods. In addition to managing the farm, women often carry the burden of landlords – they often give their families for food, water and food to use for food and home use. All these sources are inevitably difficult to convey when you encounter excessive weather conditions.
It is said that the position of women on the frontline of the climate crisis means that they are well placed to facilitate the change. Their practices can provide information to the most effective strategies for responsible resource consumption and climate sustainability. Moreover, by hitting themselves to Local knowledgeOur society can learn to work with nature and not against.
At CottonConnect, we believe that we are a champion in women farmers and playing the helper in the helper. Hundreds of thousands of women in the last ten years have supported the farm through women through the cotton program – in 2023 more than 270.3 – 2024. The program trains literacy, countdown and business management, employee rights and restorative farming practices. In this way, give them means to have the means to have their narratives and to oppose the impact of the environment.
To better understand the impact of our training, we recently talked about the women who participated in our program through India, Pakistan, Egypt and Bangladesh, focus group discussions and an interesting round table. Concepts are drawn up to a new report Women in cotton – experiments from women who relieve the impact of climate change. The women quickly benefited from women’s climate education programs, but have a positive effect on communities and sector ambitions.
One of the most surprising verses from working with women in previous days was limited concepts about climate change. In fact, a farmer explained that he had been seen as a “divine punishment, not a scientific point of view. Let’s leave someone who can be affected by our actions. Thanks to the training, we could help control this perspective and manage this perspective to actively and efficiently reduce the effects of climate change. Important, we created a lawyer for the protection of the environment. To date, we have grown 42 women in Gujarat through the ambassador program of our women’s climate change. Each of these individuals has since followed the knowledge for more than 1,200 women each since.
Expert education has also increased women’s economic sustainability and revenues. As the use of reciprocal, agrooforestr and biofertilizers, they can better protect their farm health and productivity by admitting their restorative farming practices. In some cases, even get extra income through alternative plants or bio-entries. The combination of this newly found knowledge and income, in turn, increases its confidence and strengthens its role in society.
Kauuden Shares: “As a female farmer, our contributions to agriculture and climatic actions know more of our families and communities. Although the change is slow, we begin to make more decisions.
As a result of climate-friendly experiences of these women’s champions, there are significant advantages for public health. Farmers and local communities are less exposed to harmful chemical pesticides and fertilizers due to the use of natural pest control methods. Agroforestry provided the shadow of natural air cleaning and cooling for excessive heat prone areas. In the meantime, confrontation and coating plantings offer various nutritious food options for families. Together, these turns in behavior create farms that can easily cope with the unexpected weather conditions, and this confidence can make miracles to support the mental well-being of farmers.
If there is only one message, here is: We cannot successfully manage the sustainability pass without women. Gender equality should be addressed in Tandem. When we talk about the perspective of the cotton growing industry, the larger agricultural ecosystem is a lesson. By accepting that this can change from one region to another, we begin to take the time to take the time to understand their opinions, experiences and difficulties. And must take action. As we showed, carefully prepared educational programs can be very strong in driving positive results.
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