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On the African continent, small businesses are on the front lines of climate change. Over 50% of the African labour force works in agriculture, which is both very exposed to and dependent on climatic variability and change.

. These include unstable water and power supplies, extreme heat and flooding. These hazards interrupt processing and manufacturing activities. They also limit transportation of goods and make it harder to provide services to customers. And they increase the risk of unsafe working conditions.WIRES Climate Change

As a result, climate shocks, when they occur, are likely to disproportionately erode women entrepreneurs’ ability to cope with climate change in the future.Cultural norms and gendered discrimination in entrepreneurship influence the sectors and businesses women tend to work in. These vary by region and across rural and urban settings. But women’s businesses are often particularly dependent on natural resources and concentrated in agriculture, livestock, fishing, trading and processing.

We found that women entrepreneurs often face discrimination across all of these aspects of the business environment. These barriers to adaptation reinforce each other and compound women’s vulnerability to climate change. For example, despite being the primary cultivators, women own just 13% of agricultural land globally and in some African countries, such as Nigeria, the proportion of land owned by women can be even lower.

Finally, women entrepreneurs don’t only have to deal with climate risks in business. Women in Africa are often the producers and procurers of food, water and other natural resources for their families. They are generally traditionally responsible for food security and household management. Therefore they tend to be on the frontline of managing climate risk at household levels too.

 

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