CLIMATE GOVERNANCE IN SMALL AGRICULTURAL FARMS IN THREE COSTA RICAN TOWNS FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This article discusses how and who is/are in charge of exercising the climate change adaptation governance in smallholder farms from a gender perspective. The results are part of a qualitative research that was carried out in 2018. In-depth interviews were conducted with men and women from three rural locations in Costa Rica. The results discuss how land ownership, gender, and age intersect in specific contexts, influencing the adaptation capacity of male and female administrators and, therefore, the exercise of governance associated to adaptation. In addition, it is analyzed how the adaptations that have been implemented in the farms vary according to the gender of the administrator.