Feminist Solutions to Climate Change-Driven Food Insecurity

The Feminist Solutions to Climate Change-Driven Food Insecurity (FEMIN-ACT) project aims to address Iraq’s poverty reduction and food insecurity in Iraq through an integrated approach to agricultural development. It aims to enhance the capacity of smallholder farmers to operationalize best practices of climate-smart agriculture such as drip irrigation systems reduced pesticide use and increased use of drought-resistant crop varieties. These techniques focus on reducing water consumption increasing productivity and boosting income reducing poverty and increasing food security. Moreover the project aims to enhance the participation of women alongside men farmers to fully engage in the agriculture field. It aims to create an enabling environment empowering women and youth to exercise their leadership potential through networking and collaboration with other farmers farmers unions and associations to connect share knowledge and enhance their capacity to make informed decisions. Finally this project contributes to strengthening the knowledge and skills among food value chain actors to be more productive market-integrated and sustainable.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced adoption of innovative climate smart and adaptive management practices among smallholder farmers and food value chain actors particularly women and youth; and (2) increased leadership and participation of women and youth in decision-making on resource management and climate action initiatives within their local communities.