Abstract:
Of all farmers, women have the least leverage to adapt with and prepare for extreme weather conditions and disasters. Climate change has emerged as the most serious issue to affect the world. However, its disproportionate impact can be most felt in already marginalized sectors. One of them is agriculture. This is the case even though small scale farmers have contributed comparatively little to the greenhouse gases that choke the Earth's atmosphere. Women farmers are often the poorest and quite dependent on their harvests. Thus, when climate patterns drastically change or when disasters strike, nothing is left for women farmers.