WOCAN conducted a mapping exercise to identify women’s organizations and enterprises – as well
as external Support Institutions and non-women organizations and enterprises- engaged in
agriculture and natural resource management at the local level in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
From the 139 organizations identified, detailed information was gained from 18 to understand their
climate-related activities and external and internal challenges and opportunities.
Key findings show that main activities focus on improving agriculture productivity and sustainable
of use natural resources; generating income; strengthening collective action, building
entrepreneurial skills of women; and increasing access to markets; and disaster risk reduction.
Specific activities include strengthening community-based sustainable forestry, providing mobile
tools for monitoring impacts of climate change, developing capacities for collective action and
entrepreneurial skills, restoring mangroves, providing access to renewable energy, conducting
research on climate adaptive agricultural waste management, providing irrigation infrastructure, and
improving soil fertility, animal husbandry, and agriculture intensification.
