Inside Story: Empowering women as climate-smart agriculture leaders proves key to resilience

This case study describes a climate-smart agriculture initiative led by the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) in Campierganj, Uttar Pradesh, India. The project focuses on gender-responsive training to address increasing climate volatility, including unpredictable rains and flash floods, by empowering women who constitute over 40% of the local agricultural workforce.

• In Campierganj, Uttar Pradesh, climate patterns have shifted toward longer summers, harsher winters, and unpredictable rains, leading to an increase in damaging flash floods.
• Training women in climate-smart farming techniques—who represent more than 40% of the area's agricultural workforce—has resulted in more reliable yields, increased income for women, and improved social standing, including higher female participation in community decision-making and a reduction in early marriages for girls.
• The Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) achieved success in climate resilience and gender equality by involving local women's groups to build collective bargaining power, supporting women in leadership roles within agricultural institutions, and including both men and women as beneficiaries to ensure transparency and co-ownership.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2020). Inside Story: Empowering women as climate-smart agriculture leaders proves key to resilience. https://cdkn.org/resource/inside-story-empowering-women-as-climatesmart-agriculture-leaders-proves-key-to-resilience

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Inside Story: Empowering women as climate-smart agriculture leaders proves key to resilience. 2020. https://cdkn.org/resource/inside-story-empowering-women-as-climatesmart-agriculture-leaders-proves-key-to-resilience.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2020inside, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Inside Story: Empowering women as climate-smart agriculture leaders proves key to resilience}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/inside-story-empowering-women-as-climatesmart-agriculture-leaders-proves-key-to-resilience}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }