Palanisami, K and Haileslassie, A and Kakumanu, K R and Ranganathan, C H and Wani, S P and Craufurd, P and Shalander, K (2015) Quantification of Risk Associated with Technology Adoption in Dryland Systems of South Asia : A Household Level Analysis in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan States of India; Research Report No. 66. Project Report. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India.
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The authors wish to thank the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) for funding the baseline survey of the three action sites. The technical support and guidance provided by Peter McCornick, DDG, IWMI; Mark Giordano, then theme leader, IWMI; Madar Samad, acting theme leader, IWMI; and Anthony Whitbread, Director, RP-RDS, ICRISAT are acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge the field level support extended by the partner organizations, viz., ANGRAU, Hyderabad, Telangana, University of Agricultural Sciences, and College of Agriculture, Dharwad, Karnataka and Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation, Rajasthan. We also thank Mapedza Everisto, Senior Researcher and Focal Point for CRP1.1 from IWMI who is coordinating and supporting the CRP1.1 activities.
Abstract
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, institutional to policy. This study is an in-depth analysis of household level climate change shocks, farmers’ perception of vulnerability, adaptation strategies they followed and risk in technology adoption. A baseline survey was conducted in the dryland system action sites in three states of India: Andhra Pradesh (Kurnool and Anantapur districts); Karnataka (Bijapur district) and Rajasthan (Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur districts) in 2012-13 for 2011-12 production season. A total of 1019 farmers were surveyed...
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Divisions: | RP-Resilient Dryland Systems |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems |
| Series Name: | ICRISAT Research Program Resilient Dryland System |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Technology Adoption; Dryland Systems; Household Level Analysis; Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Rajasthan |
| Subjects: | Others > Soil Science Others > Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2015 10:31 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2017 05:01 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8979 |
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