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Assessment of risk premium in farm technology adoption as a climate change adaptation strategy in the dryland systems of India
Purpose: Changing climate has increasingly become a challenge for smallholder farmers.
Identification of technical, institutional and policy interventions as coping and adaptation
strategies, and exploring risks of their ...
Farm typology specific intensification and diveriscation options including agro-silvi-horticulture with traditional rainwater harvesting systems
Based on farm typology analysis integrated farming system interventions were prioritized in participatory mode. A total six large agri horti units has been established and linked with RWHS (Rain water harvesting structures) ...
Analyze drivers for sustainable management of CPRs
The study was undertaken in three villages in western Rajasthan, India: Govindpura/Jodhpur, Dhok/Barmer, and Damodara/Jaisalmer. The selection of sites was based on community and experts’ consultation, secondary data and ...
Potential of Small Ruminants in Andhra Pradesh for promoting rural livelihoods: Institutional and policy gaps to be addressed
Small ruminants play an important role in the food and nutritional security of millions of rural people
especially the landless, marginal and small farmers in rainfed regions in India as well as in Andhra
Pradesh. The ...
ICRISAT and GRAVIS develop models for sustainable management of community silvi-pasture systems in Jodhpur, Barmer and Jaisalmer
In western Rajasthan the common pastures resources are very important for sustaining rural livelihoods, with livestock being the most resilient component in such ecosystems. However, the common pastures in this region ...
Harnessing green/blue water for agricultural intensification/diversification
Harnessing green water and blue water and Farm typology specific intensification and diversification options (like crops for Rainy season fallows, horticulture, etc)
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvi-pasture systems on community lands for enhanced eco-system services
Three Pasture development committees were formed together with a women subcommittee to ensure the role and responsibility of women for proper management of CPRs in three villages. In silvi-pasture system of Govindpura soil ...
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvipasture systems on community and private lands for enhanced eco-system services
A key component of this project is the capacity development of all concerned stakeholders. In particular agro-pastoral communities with emphasis on woman. Research activity is developed with community involvement to insure ...
Quantification of Risk Associated with Technology Adoption in Dryland Systems of South Asia
Climate change increasingly becomes a challenge for smallholder farmers. Strategies that will
help farmers to cope with vulnerability are important. These strategies comprise a variety of
interventions ranging from technical, ...
Improving the livelihoods of dryland farmers through the introduction of potato cropping: a proposal based on detailed SWOT analysis
FAO has identified potato as a crop for ensuring future food security for the global poor,
particularly in the developing countries. Strength of this analysis was demonstrated in
India during 2003 and 2013 in terms of ...