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How do climate change and conflict shocks relate to food security, and how do these relationships differ by gender?🌍👩🌾👨🌾
Our study explores these pressing questions in Sudan—a country facing floods, droughts, and violent conflict.🧵
How do climate change and conflict shocks relate to food security, and how do these relationships differ by gender?🌍👩🌾👨🌾
Our study explores these pressing questions in Sudan—a country facing floods, droughts, and violent conflict.🧵
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Climate change and conflict are among the biggest threats to human welfare. Yet, their gendered impacts on food security are poorly understood.
And what role can social protection play in reducing these impacts? 🤔
1️⃣ How food insecurity relates to climate & conflict shocks.
2️⃣ Gendered differences in these impacts.
3️⃣ Mechanisms that mitigate these effects.
1️⃣ Climate shocks (e.g., floods, droughts) did NOT significantly affect food consumption scores (FCS).
2️⃣ Violent conflict caused a substantial drop in FCS.
Conflict = major driver of food insecurity.
🔑 Owning productive & non-productive assets improves FCS for all households.
🌟 Female-headed households see even greater benefits.
📉 Longer distances to agricultural markets = lower FCS.
🔍 This effect is sharper for male-headed households.
👩🌾 Women’s group memberships boost FCS for female-headed households.
🚫 However, women do NOT benefit as much from broader social networks during shocks.
👨🌾 Male-headed households benefit from ALL types of networks.