?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=Working+Paper+Series+No.+46&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7297%2F&rft.title=Global+Climate+Change+Agenda+and+Processes%3A+Scouting+for+Traditional+Grassroot+Adaptation+Strategies+in+Arid+and+Semi-Arid+Agriculture+of+India.+Working+Paper+Series+No.+46&rft.creator=Jodha%2C+N+S&rft.creator=Singh%2C+N+P&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Byjesh%2C+K.&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.subject=Climate+Change&rft.description=The+paper+attempts+to+explore+how+a+global+Climate+Change+agenda+and+processes+(covering%0D%0Aconcerns%2C+debates%2C+negotiations%2C+research-based+projections%2C+impacts+and+actions+broadly%0D%0Acollectively+termed+as+%E2%80%9Cglobal+discourse%E2%80%9D+in+this+paper)%2C+can+help+enhance+the+farmers%E2%80%99%0D%0Aadaptations+against+impacts+of+climate+change+in+arid+and+semi-arid+regions+of+India%2C+which+is%0D%0Apotentially+more+vulnerable+to+climate+change.%0D%0AAfter+a+brief+introduction+to+these+dryland+agricultural+regions%2C+the+paper+looks+at+the+main%0D%0Athrusts+of+largely+macro+level+focused+global+discourse+on+climate+change.+This+is+followed+by%0D%0Aa+discussion+on+relevant+features+of+farmers%E2%80%99+traditional+adaptation+strategies+against+climatic%0D%0Avariability+in+the+above-mentioned+regions+captured+through+longitudinal+village+level+studies+by%0D%0AICRISAT%2C+and+supplemented+by+other+studies+focused+on+farmer+responses+to+weather+induced%0D%0Arisks.+Based+on+the+above%2C+we+look+at+the+extent+of+match+or+mismatch+between+the+two+to%0D%0Aidentify+the+limitations+and+potential+of+the+macro-level+global+discourse+on+climate+change%2C+for%0D%0Aenhancing+farmers%E2%80%99+adaptation+strategies+against+the+negative+impacts+of+climate+change.%0D%0AInformation+on+mainstream+global+discourse+is+picked+up+from+a+variety+of+reviews+and+critiques%0D%0Aof+the+specific+components+of+global+discourse+on+climate+change.+The+information+on+farmers%E2%80%99%0D%0Aadaptation+strategies+is+provided+by+a+number+of+studies+on+farmers%E2%80%99+vulnerability+and+risk%0D%0Amanagement+conducted+during+the+last+thirty+years+in+different+parts+of+arid+and+semi-arid+areas%0D%0Ain+India.%0D%0AThe+important+concerns+about+usability+of+global+discourse+relate+to+highly+aggregative+and%0D%0Amacro+level+focused+information%2C+projections%2C+modeled+scenarios%2C+etc%2C+along+with+their+current%0D%0Ainformation+gaps+and+uncertainties.+Consequently%2C+they+do+not+offer+apparent+concrete+contexts%0D%0Aat+micro+levels+to+which+dryland+farmers+respond+by+way+of+adaptation+measures.+Besides%2C+the%0D%0Aglobal+discourse+largely+focus+on+mitigation+as+against+adaptation+to+climate+change%2C+which%0D%0Adoes+not+help+dryland+farmers%E2%80%99+adaptations+to+climate+change.+Finally%2C+the+farmers%E2%80%99+adaptationresponses%0D%0Aare+not+directed+exclusively+to+weather+induced+risks+and+uncertainties%2C+but+they%0D%0Aaddress+the+other+sources+of+risks+such+as+market+and+other+calamities.+Since+the+global%0D%0Adiscourse+on+climate+change+has+highly+skewed+perspectives+(reflected+by+its+focus+mainly+on%0D%0Aclimate+change+with+little+attention+to+other+linked+global+changes)%2C+it+may+not+offer+inspiring%0D%0Alead+lines%2C+even+in+the+perspective+sense+to+dryland+farmers+to+evolve+holistic+coping+strategies%0D%0Aagainst+risks.%0D%0ABased+on+the+evidence+and+understanding+of+farmers%E2%80%99+traditional+and+present+adaptation%0D%0Astrategies+against+weather+variability%2C+the+paper+attempts+to+explore+some+indicative+possibilities%0D%0Ato+benefit+from+macro+level+global+discourse+on+climate+change.+They+include+the+indicative%0D%0Aapproaches+to+harmonize+the+elements+of+traditional+adaptation+approaches+and+potential+field%0D%0Aoriented+(micro+level+focused)+new+approaches+guided+by+imperatives+of+climate+change%2C+using%0D%0Anew+technological+and+institutional+options.+Their+involved+facilitative+interventions%2C+however%2C%0D%0Aare+largely+product+policy+programs+initiated+and+promoted+by+the+governments.+In+some+way%2C%0D%0Aone+of+the+most+significant+contributions+of+global+discourse+on+climate+change+is+generating%0D%0Ainformation+and+concerns+of+policy+makers+about+potential+risks+created+by+climate+change+and%0D%0Aneed+for+promoting+measures+against+them+including+the+above-mentioned+interventions%2C+which%0D%0A2%0D%0Aultimately+help+in+making+development+steps+climate+sensitive.+However%2C+promotion+of+such%0D%0Asteps+will+be+greatly+facilitated+if+some+downscaling+of+current+global+approaches%2C+by+way+of%0D%0Afocusing+on+regional+and+local%2Flandscape+situations%2C+is+promoted.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7297%2F1%2FGlobalClimatecHange_Wp_46_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Jodha%2C+N+S+and+Singh%2C+N+P+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Byjesh%2C+K.++(2013)+Global+Climate+Change+Agenda+and+Processes%3A+Scouting+for+Traditional+Grassroot+Adaptation+Strategies+in+Arid+and+Semi-Arid+Agriculture+of+India.+Working+Paper+Series+No.+46.++Working+Paper.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++&rft.relation=Working+Paper+Series+No.+46