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It is therefore important to analyze and understand how the poor, especially
women, have been living with the adverse effects of climate change to date. There is
also need to examine whether the traditional coping mechanisms and adaptation
strategies are still useful in dealing with the vast effects of climate change in the
social, economic, cultural, and political context of the societies they live in. The
information generated will go a long way to enable policy makers to make informed
decisions on gender, climate change, and food insecurity concerns and will also generate information that will provide researchers and service providers in the various
institutions with a basis from which to design other studies and intervention programs.
1.4 The Overall Objective
The overall objective of the study was to examine climate variability risks faced by
women and men and the adaptive strategies employed in relation to food insecurity
in rice production systems in Uganda.
1.5 Specific Objectives of the Study
(a) To assess the existing gender differences with respect to accessing resources for
adaptation and the livelihood strategies in the two rice production systems
(b) To assess the effects of climate variability on men and women in rice production systems
(c) To identify the coping and adaptation strategies used in response to extreme
climate variations
1.6 Research Questions Addressed
(a) What effects of climate change or risks do men and women face?
(b) What strategies do men and women use to adapt to climate variations?
(c) Are there gender differences in access to resources that serve as constraints to
improving their adaptation strategies?
2 Methodology
This methodology section presents the study area and the rationale for its selection;
it goes further to discuss the sampling procedure and how the final respondents for
the study were selected. It highlights the data collection process and methods used
and the analysis and ethical considerations while conducting the study.
T. Akongo and C. Chonde
It is therefore important to analyze and understand how the poor, especially
women, have been living with the adverse effects of climate change to date. There is
also need to examine whether the traditional coping mechanisms and adaptation
strategies are still useful in dealing with the vast effects of climate change in the
social, economic, cultural, and political context of the societies they live in. The
information generated will go a long way to enable policy makers to make informed
decisions on gender, climate change, and food insecurity concerns and will also generate information that will provide researchers and service providers in the various
institutions with a basis from which to design other studies and intervention programs.
1.4 The Overall Objective
The overall objective of the study was to examine climate variability risks faced by
women and men and the adaptive strategies employed in relation to food insecurity
in rice production systems in Uganda.
1.5 Specific Objectives of the Study
(a) To assess the existing gender differences with respect to accessing resources for
adaptation and the livelihood strategies in the two rice production systems
(b) To assess the effects of climate variability on men and women in rice production systems
(c) To identify the coping and adaptation strategies used in response to extreme
climate variations
1.6 Research Questions Addressed
(a) What effects of climate change or risks do men and women face?
(b) What strategies do men and women use to adapt to climate variations?
(c) Are there gender differences in access to resources that serve as constraints to
improving their adaptation strategies?
2 Methodology
This methodology section presents the study area and the rationale for its selection;
it goes further to discuss the sampling procedure and how the final respondents for
the study were selected. It highlights the data collection process and methods used
and the analysis and ethical considerations while conducting the study.
T. Akongo and C. Chonde