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The present study uses the AICCRA-Senegal baseline data to understand the gender-differentiated farmers' perception of climate risk and its impact, access to climate information, and adaptation strategies. AICCRA (Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research in Africa), started in 2021 in six (6) African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Mali, Senegal) with the ambition to build technical, institutional and human capacities needed to improve the transfer of climate-related information, decision-making tools and technologies in support of climate change efforts.

The study covers 514 households in three regions of Senegal, namely Kaffrine, Louga and Thies. The analysis shows that though in terms of knowledge and understanding about climate change there is no significant deviation between adult men and women respondents, dissemination efforts on climate information services and capacity development related to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) the significantly wide gap exists between men and women farmers. The climate related literacy among the women respondents in the study regions was found that more than 80% of both women and men were aware of climate change. The majority of farmers both men and women perceived a strong to the very strong adverse impact of climate change on crop production in terms of yield and quality loss, water scarcity, new pests and diseases and the impact on soil health.