Ndie Abia, ChristineEndeley, Joyce B.2014-11-212014-11-2120142014-08Ndie Abia, C., & Endeley, J.B. (2014). Brief 14 : Understanding Gender in Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security in Cameroon. UPEACE Africa Policy Series, 1(2): 143-150.http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53329The evidence presented in this policy brief confirms the occurrence of climate change, its effects on food crop yields with impacts on food security and the centrality of adaptation by women and men farmers to increase food production and ensure food security in Cameroon. It indicates that in various ways, climate change affects food production. As such, farmers have developed adaptation strategies to cope with the impact of climate change but there is disparity in the degree of application of adaptation strategies by women and men farmers. While more women employ less costly indigenous adaptation options (shift in planting dates, mulching and planting of leguminous shrubs), more men tend to adopt irrigation which though highly efficient, tends to be more costly and requires appropriate land tenure rights. Given this trend, it is necessary to mainstream climate change adaptation in agricultural policy in Cameroon as this will likely prevent food insecurity in the long run.Text1 digital file (p. 143-150)Application/pdfenCAMEROONCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONFOOD SECURITYCROP YIELDAGRICULTURAL POLICYLAND RIGHTSGENDER DISCRIMINATIONWOMEN IN AGRICULTUREPOLICY MAKINGRURAL DEVELOPMENTAFRICAN ORGANIZATIONSPolicy Brief