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Adaptation to Climate Change |
Adaptation
to Climate Change
Climate change
and variability are the major concerns in the 21st century.
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
has formulated a project titled ‘Developing multi-scale
adaptation strategies for farming communities in Cambodia,
Laos, Bangladesh,
 India’
(briefly called as Adaptation to Climate Change, Asia).
WASSAN is one among the partners for this project in India,
Other partners are CSIRO from Australia, ANGRAU’s Agromet
Cell, LNRMI and WASSAN.
The project
commenced in March 2010, and is for a duration of 4 ½ years.
The project aims to develop climate adaptation strategies at
multiple levels and support policy makers to deliver
effective climate adaptation programs relevant to farmer
livelihoods and food security. It also aims to build the
capacity of farming households to adapt their farming
systems to climate variability and climate change.
WASSAN has
entered into MoU with three NGOs, termed as District
Partners: Shanti Services Society (Bairanpally village in
Warangal District), Indira Priyadarshini Women’s Welfare
Association (Gorita village in Mahabubnagar District) and
PILUPU (Nemmani village in Nalgonda district).
As part of the
project LNRMI conducted extensive socio-economic research to
understand the livelihood strategies of farming households,
to assess their capacity to adapt to a changing climate, and
to develop farming systems ‘typologies’ for future upscaling.
ANGRAU has conducted many on-farm experiments to test
improved crop and water management options in cotton, paddy
and maize. Farmer’s climate clubs were formed in the three
villages and biweekly agromet advisories are disseminated.
WASSAN is looking at probable drought spell typologies (time
and duration) in relation to the crop critical stages and
implications for farmer and policy interventions.
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