Scaling-up climate information services for women farmers in Nicaragua

The project aims to scale-up climate and weather information services and climate-smart agriculture approaches to help farmers understand climate risks anticipate and manage extreme weather events take advantage of favorable climate conditions and adapt to climate change in the Nicaraguan Dry Corridor. The project focuses on making climate and weather information services more user-friendly and gender-sensitive to improve the ability of farmers in particular women to apply climate data. Project activities include: (1) designing climate information services that better reflect and service women’s needs in agriculture; (2) developing new modalities and dissemination channels to make climate data more accessible to women; (3) designing and mainstreaming bundles of best-fit climate-smart agriculture technologies and biodiversity conservation approaches across the farmlands of Nicaragua’s Dry Corridor; and (4) building capacity of rural women leaders on climate and biodiversity-focused advocacy and governance. Direct beneficiaries include at least 1 000 rural women smallholders from 18 farmer organizations in Nicaragua’s Dry Corridor. Over time the project aims to deliver climate resilience impacts and indirectly benefit 30 000 farming families across 58 municipalities in Nicaragua.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced use of climate and weather services by women and men smallholders to manage climate risk; (2) enhanced scaling of Climate Smart Agriculture practices that fit women’s preferences; and (3) enhanced voice and agency of women in climate action.