Project and assignment

Women’s participation and climate adaptation in aquaculture

CIRD contributes to GeNA, a regional research collaboration on women’s participation and nature-based climate adaptation in aquaculture. Cambodian field monitoring follows farming households combining rice and fish production.

Household interview during GeNA monitoring of integrated rice–fish farming in Cheung Prey district, Kampong Cham, July 2026. GeNA studies women’s participation and climate adaptation in aquaculture.

Period: Documented research and fieldwork: 2025–2026
Assignment: Work in 2026
Locations: Cambodia, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap

CIRD’s contribution

Cambodian research partner contributing household interviews, field monitoring and knowledge of integrated rice–fish farming. GeNA examines how women’s experiences and decisions change through climate-adaptation work.

Practical work

Conducted monitoring visits and interviews with participating farming households in Cambodia.
Documented women’s experiences, participation and decisions in rice–fish farming.
Contributed to regional learning alongside rice–fish work in Thailand and seaweed-farming work in the Philippines.

Activities and outputs

A coauthored 2025 journal article sets out a gender-monitoring schema for aquaculture projects.
Field interviews and monitoring in Cheung Prey district, Kampong Cham, are documented in July 2026.
Project communication brings together monitoring examples, practical learning and women’s farming decisions.

Partners and their roles

Asian Institute of Technology

Administers the regional research collaboration

Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section, Asian Fisheries Society

Regional research team

Department of Fisheries, Thailand

Regional partner for the Thailand pilot

University of the Philippines Visayas

Regional partner for the Philippines pilot

Related publications and resources

Journal article 2025 English

Monitoring gender change in aquaculture projects

Gender Monitoring Schema for Aquaculture Projects: Capturing the Process of Change

Kyoko Kusakabe; Victoria Syddall; N. Veena; Nikita Gopal; Chollada Wongpanich; Kafayat Fakoya; Alice Joan Ferrer; Arlene Nietes Satapornvanit; Malasri Khumsri; Sereyvath Prak; Meryl J. Williams

Aquaculture / Elsevier

Sets out a framework for monitoring the process of gender-related change in aquaculture projects, with attention to how changes emerge through project activities and relationships.

Read at the source Women, farming decisions and climate adaptation

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Kyoko Kusakabe; Victoria Syddall; N. Veena; Nikita Gopal; Chollada Wongpanich; Kafayat Fakoya; Alice Joan Ferrer; Arlene Nietes Satapornvanit; Malasri Khumsri; Sereyvath Prak; Meryl J. Williams. (2025). Gender Monitoring Schema for Aquaculture Projects: Capturing the Process of Change. Aquaculture / Elsevier.

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