Agriculture is extremely important to Cambodia, representing
at least one-third of the nation’s gross domestic product and
providing employment to around 60 percent of the labor
force. It is perhaps the most sensitive sector to changes in
climate, with higher temperatures stressing plants, livestock,
and workers, and rainfall variation through droughts and
floods leading to crop losses and food insecurity. While it
is important to consider the impact of climate change on
agricultural production, it is also important to consider other
cross-cutting issues to achieve the goals of Feed the Future
and the Global Food Security Strategy—especially gender and
nutrition. This policy note summarizes assessments of these
linkages in Cambodia under the Gender, Climate Change, and
Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN).