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Evidences from Farmer Participatory Technology Demonstrations to Combat Increasing Climate Uncertainty in Rainfed Agriculture in India
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ScienceDirect Procedia Environmental Sciences 29 (2015) 291 – 292
Agriculture and Climate Change- Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015)
Evidences from farmer participatory technology demonstrations to combat increasing climate uncertainty in rainfed agriculture in India YG Prasada*, Ch Srinivasaraoa, S Dixitb, M Maheswaria, JVNS Prasada, B Venkateswarluc, AK Sikkad a
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad 500059, India b Zonal Project Directorate, Zone VIII, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India c Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani 431402, India d Indian Council of Agricultural Research,Pusa, New Delhi 110012, India
Abstract Rainfed agriculture with nearly 58% of the cultivated area is home to about 40% of human and 60% of livestock population in India and contributes 40% of the country’s food production. Even after full realizing the full irrigation potential of the country, half of the cultivated area will continue to be under rainfed farming which highly dependent on monsoon rainfall. It is widely believed that increasing rainfall variability is likely to affect the livelihoods of millions of small and marginal farmers in the years to come. The National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) was initiated in 2011 to primarily strengthen research to address climate change and to demonstrate proven resilient practices in most climate vulnerable parts of the country. Farmer participatory technology demonstrations are being carried out since 2011-12 in 100 vulnerable districts prone to recurrent drought, floods, and extreme weather events like cyclone, heat and cold wave. Interventions broadly fall into four modules related to natural resource management (NRM), crop, livestock and fisheries production systems and capacity building. During these three years, rainfall variability such as delayed onset and prolonged breaks in monsoon was experienced in several parts of the country. A total of 1259 NRM interventions to impact resilience through in situ soil moisture conservation, rainwater harvesting and efficient recycling were demonstrated, which resulted in a significant increase in crop yields by about 20-40% even under variable rainfall situations. Short duration, drought and flood tolerant varieties in paddy, pulses and oilseeds crops were demonstrated in about 2700 ha covering 7831 farmers with adaptation gains ranging from 10 to 31% [1, 2]. Some of the climate resilient practices and technologies which have been found promising are being mainstreamed into the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), a flagship government initiative for enhancing productivity and resilience of Indian agriculture in accordance with the stated aim of the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC).
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 40-24535336; fax: +91-40-24535336 E-mail address: [email protected]
1878-0296 © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015) doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.221
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© Published by Elsevier B.V This ©2015 2015The TheAuthors. Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the Agriculture and Climate Change-Adapting Crops to Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015). Uncertainty (AGRI 2015) Keywords: Climate change; rainfed agriculture; adaptation; resilience; climate smart agriculture
References 1. Prasad, Y., Maheswari, M, Dixit, S, Srinivasarao, Ch, Sikka, AK, Venkateswarlu, B, Sudhakar N, Prabhu Kumar S, Singh, AK, Singh AK, Singh, YV, Mishra A. Smart practices and technologies for climate resilient agriculture. Hyderabad: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR-CRIDA); 2014. 2. Venkateswarlu B, Kokate KD, Gopinath KA, Srinivasarao, Ch, Anuradha, B, Sreenath Dixit. Coping with climate variability: technology demonstration on farmers’ fields in vulnerable districts. Hyderabad: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR-CRIDA); 2012.
ScienceDirect Procedia Environmental Sciences 29 (2015) 291 – 292
Agriculture and Climate Change- Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015)
Evidences from farmer participatory technology demonstrations to combat increasing climate uncertainty in rainfed agriculture in India YG Prasada*, Ch Srinivasaraoa, S Dixitb, M Maheswaria, JVNS Prasada, B Venkateswarluc, AK Sikkad a
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad 500059, India b Zonal Project Directorate, Zone VIII, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India c Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani 431402, India d Indian Council of Agricultural Research,Pusa, New Delhi 110012, India
Abstract Rainfed agriculture with nearly 58% of the cultivated area is home to about 40% of human and 60% of livestock population in India and contributes 40% of the country’s food production. Even after full realizing the full irrigation potential of the country, half of the cultivated area will continue to be under rainfed farming which highly dependent on monsoon rainfall. It is widely believed that increasing rainfall variability is likely to affect the livelihoods of millions of small and marginal farmers in the years to come. The National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) was initiated in 2011 to primarily strengthen research to address climate change and to demonstrate proven resilient practices in most climate vulnerable parts of the country. Farmer participatory technology demonstrations are being carried out since 2011-12 in 100 vulnerable districts prone to recurrent drought, floods, and extreme weather events like cyclone, heat and cold wave. Interventions broadly fall into four modules related to natural resource management (NRM), crop, livestock and fisheries production systems and capacity building. During these three years, rainfall variability such as delayed onset and prolonged breaks in monsoon was experienced in several parts of the country. A total of 1259 NRM interventions to impact resilience through in situ soil moisture conservation, rainwater harvesting and efficient recycling were demonstrated, which resulted in a significant increase in crop yields by about 20-40% even under variable rainfall situations. Short duration, drought and flood tolerant varieties in paddy, pulses and oilseeds crops were demonstrated in about 2700 ha covering 7831 farmers with adaptation gains ranging from 10 to 31% [1, 2]. Some of the climate resilient practices and technologies which have been found promising are being mainstreamed into the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), a flagship government initiative for enhancing productivity and resilience of Indian agriculture in accordance with the stated aim of the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC).
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 40-24535336; fax: +91-40-24535336 E-mail address: [email protected]
1878-0296 © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015) doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2015.07.221
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Y.G. Prasad et al. / Procedia Environmental Sciences 29 (2015) 291 – 292
© Published by Elsevier B.V This ©2015 2015The TheAuthors. Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the Agriculture and Climate Change-Adapting Crops to Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Increased Uncertainty (AGRI 2015). Uncertainty (AGRI 2015) Keywords: Climate change; rainfed agriculture; adaptation; resilience; climate smart agriculture
References 1. Prasad, Y., Maheswari, M, Dixit, S, Srinivasarao, Ch, Sikka, AK, Venkateswarlu, B, Sudhakar N, Prabhu Kumar S, Singh, AK, Singh AK, Singh, YV, Mishra A. Smart practices and technologies for climate resilient agriculture. Hyderabad: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR-CRIDA); 2014. 2. Venkateswarlu B, Kokate KD, Gopinath KA, Srinivasarao, Ch, Anuradha, B, Sreenath Dixit. Coping with climate variability: technology demonstration on farmers’ fields in vulnerable districts. Hyderabad: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR-CRIDA); 2012.