This report highlights the gaps and vulnerabilities of rural women farmers in Jamaica’s water-agriculture sector.  Two-thirds  of  the  respondents  primarily  depended  on  direct  rainfall  for  agricultural  activities.  It  recommends  country-specific  policy  actions  for  improving  water-related  livelihood  be  taken  and  provides  details  on  sustainable  water-use  practices,  with  implications  locally  and  are  scalable  to  other  Caribbean small island developing states.The report discusses the gender imbalances in water access, at the water-gender-rural  farming  nexus,  and  the  marginalization  of  women  farmers,  that  limits  access  to  key  agricultural  resources.  The  data  indicates  that  only  35%  of  landowners  in  agriculture  are  women,  with  land  insecurity  presenting  challenges  to  investment  in  and  limitations  to  innovative  water  storage  and  management  solutions.  The  study  found  that  six  out  of  ten  rural  women farmers who were heads of households had the least access to  clean  drinking  water.The  findings  suggest  that  agriculture  could  be  in  danger,  which  threatens  Jamaica’s  future  food  security,  as  the  median  age of the study’s population was over 55. To reduce the barriers and attract youth  and  women  to  the  sector,  improvement  is  needed  to  water  resources  management and capacity, with overall action needed to ameliorate the situation for rural women farmers in Jamaica.

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