OXFAM PAKISTAN BRIEFING PAPER
OCTOBER 2016
“Half of the family members don’t have enough food since many years; this climate is snatching our food.” Amun Bai and her family, village Shaikh Keerio Bhandari, Union Council Bugrah Memon, District Badin. Credit: Oxfam
FOOD, CLIMATE CHANGE, & WOMEN Women farmers key to reversing agricultural decline in Pakistan Climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector is key to achieving prosperity in Pakistan. Women smallscale farmers play a hugely significant role in food production, yet policies and investments fail to recognise their contribution, meet their needs, or unlock their enormous potential to eradicate hunger. Urgent investment is needed in women smallscale producers on the frontline of climate change impacts who are struggling to feed a nation.
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