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Gender and climate change adaptation in Viet Nam's agriculture sectors

According to the global climate risk index, Viet Nam is one of the ten nations most vulnerable to climate change impacts.typhoons and other extreme weather events are increasing. Another impact is sea level rise, which is leading to saline intrusion, destroying rice fields and other crops. Tested water in Ben Tre has 20 times more salt content than that at which rice can survive. Women farmers now form the majority of agricultural workers in the province because men are migrating to cities to work.

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Date 02/23/2018 11:57 AM

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Script According to the global climate risk index, Viet Nam is one of the ten nations most vulnerable to climate change impacts.typhoons and other extreme weather events are increasing. Another impact is sea level rise, which is leading to saline intrusion, destroying rice fields and other crops. Tested water in Ben Tre has 20 times more salt content than that at which rice can survive. Women farmers now form the majority of agricultural workers in the province because men are migrating to cities to work.

To plan for adaptation in the agriculture sectors, the Vietnamese government is working with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (undp) within a global program known as integrating agriculture in national adaptation plans or NAP-Ag. A key aspect of this collaboration is to address the gender issues that shape vulnerability to climate change.

To offset losses in rice growing, Nguyen Thi Tham has been supplied with goats which provide her with an income and a tank to store harvested water. Such direct assistance helps to meet womens’ everyday needs. But receiving a goat is not enough. Long-term adaptation must be built on successful interventions and ensure that women have their say in the decision making process.

Adaptation can mean changing the crops being farmed, livestock being raised or changing farming practices to to suit the changing conditions. For example, cultivating plants like coconut or banana, which are better able to cope with high salinity, and drought or flood. But adaptation to climate change is not just a matter of agricultural change.

The example of Viet Nam shows the complexity of the challenge that climate change adaptation brings. However, by recognising the importance of gender and encouraging different sectors to work together, that challenge is being met here.

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