Analysis of adaptation strategies of water insecure coastal communities of Tanzania by gender: Case of Mlingotini village in Bagamoyo district

Abstract

Climate change is a global phenomenon that requires significant responses. Its impacts are already being felt and projected to affect adversely the security of water in coastal areas. To develop effective adaptation plans, policies and strategies require disaggregated data on both men and women’s response to climate change. Therefore, this paper fills this knowledge gap by analyzing adaptation strategies of water insecure coastal communities of Tanzania in a gender perspective. Purposive sampling procedure was used to identify 97 households from village households register for a household survey. It was also used to select study area, key informants and discussants for focus group discussions. Results indicated that the problem of water insecurity has been increasing in the study area compared to the past 30 years. Most of response strategies pursued by women in the study area are different from those employed by women in semi-arid regions while to men most of response strategies are similar. The study recommends that climate change adaptation measures, plans and policies should take into account differences between men and women’s responses to water insecurity. Furthermore, climate change adaptation interventions to water insecurity should address gender vulnerabilities at the household level.

Understanding the farmers’ choices and adoption of adaptation strategies, and plans to climate change impact in Africa: A systematic review

“…Climate change is a global phenomenon that threatens farmers' livelihood and agricultural farming, particularly in semi-arid areas in Africa (Niang et al, 2014;Mugambiwa & Tirivangasi, 2017;Roy et al, 2018). Continued warming will impact sectors essential for Africa's economic development, including the agricultural industry (Magesa & Pauline, 2018). Decadal analysis of temperature data across many parts of Africa strongly indicates an increased warming trend of 0.5 • C or more over the last 50-100 years (Niang et al, 2014).…”

“…Despite the contributions made by these reviews toward agricultural adaptation strategies used by farmers in various African countries, little is known about the continued effectiveness of these adaptation strategies at higher global warming levels (Williams et al, 2021;Trisos et al, 2022). The current and future impacts of climate change highlight the need for information on the efficiency of farmers' adaptation measures, and proper plans to climate change in Africa to enable climate change adaptation planning (Magesa & Pauline, 2018;Williams et al, 2021). Additionally, the fifth IPCC Assessment Report calls for more knowledge and research on responding sustainably to climate change impacts and challenges associated with adaptation projects to sustainable development (Denton et al, 2014).…”