Project profile — Feminist Solutions to Climate Change-Driven Food Insecurity

• Iraq (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (30.00%)
• Energy Generation And Supply: Solar energy for isolated grids and standalone systems (23231) (5.00%)
• Business And Other Services: Business Development Services (25030) (10.00%)
• Agricultural alternative development:
Agricultural alternative development (31165) (15.00%)
Agricultural education/training (31181) (25.00%)
• General Environmental Protection: Environmental education/training (41081) (15.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (principal objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (principal objective)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (significant objective)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

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.

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