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Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Enhancing Grassroot-Level Adaptive Capacity in the Semiarid Tropics of India: Indicative Policies for Action

Authors : Naveen P. Singh, K. Byjesh, Cynthia Bantilan

Published in: Climate Change Modelling, Planning and Policy for Agriculture

Publisher: Springer India

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Abstract

Climate change has been recognized as a potential threat to livelihood of the poor farmers in the marginal agricultural productive environment especially in the semiarid tropics of India. The impacts may vary spatially, and the rural poor are more challenged of its impacts. Initiatives at national level are underway to address the consequences especially rural and agriculture. The research initiative coordinated by the International Crops Research Institute for the semiarid tropics (ICRISAT) tracked the climate change impacts, adaptation strategies, and constraints at the households’ level through a rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis in the semiarid tropics of India. This explorative exercise identified challenges and opportunities towards climate resilience through recommendations and policy directive for action. This chapter comprehends the policy needs that emerged from the regional study in identifying the impacts and constraints to effective adaptation by climate change. This evidence-based indicative policy stresses the need to channelize resources effectively in enhancing the grassroot-level resilience to climate change.

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Footnotes
1
National Adaptation Programs of Action identifies priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to climate change by which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs in the future.
 
2
National Action Plan on Climate Change.
 
3
National Initiatives for Climate Resilient Agriculture.
 
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National Disaster Management Authority.
 
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Includes state-/district-level contingency plans, disaster management plans, and other reliefs.
 
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Enable opportunities to diversify more into high-value crops, livestock and other nonfarm income sources.
 
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Small Farmer Development Agency.
 
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District level Rural Development Agency.
 
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Programs/schemes on dairy development, development of small ruminants, fodder and feed development, livestock entrepreneur programs, etc. In India, the concerns of demand for fodder and pasture are on the 12th plan call for rehabilitation of pasture and fodder resource in the country.
 
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Schemes under the program included land allotment, agriculture and land development, animal husbandry, village and cottage industries, wage employment, old age pension, housing subsidy, etc.
 
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Krishi Vigyan Kendra is a district-level institution engaged in transfer of latest agricultural technologies to the end users for bridging the gap between production and productivity.
 
12
Agricultural Technology Management Agencies addresses the constraints faced by extension system.
 
13
In India, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Allied Department are greatly involved in enhancing weather information by improving weather station density across the country.
 
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On weather prediction, water conservation and storage, and cultivation practices, viz., organic farming, natural pesticides, etc.
 
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Support in soil and water conservation, soil health, irrigation, fertilizer, etc.
 
16
Weather-based insurance schemes, government support through subsidies on premium. When weather indices differ from the guaranteed indices of major crops, a payment equal to the deviation/shortfall is payable to all insured farmers.
 
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The progressing demand and initiatives by the respective governments are existing. These are well highlighted in the related policies and strategies, national action plans, etc.
 
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Drought, flood and salt tolerance varieties, robust methodologies to predict climate change impacts, resource conservation technologies, innovative safety nets, etc.
 
19
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) with an objective of providing promotion of economic and social progress and cultural development within the South Asia region.
 
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Metadata
Title
Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Enhancing Grassroot-Level Adaptive Capacity in the Semiarid Tropics of India: Indicative Policies for Action
Authors
Naveen P. Singh
K. Byjesh
Cynthia Bantilan
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer India
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2157-9_22