Singh, N P and Bantilan, M C S and Kattarkandi, B and Murty, M V R (2012) Tracking Adaptation Pathways and Identifying Strategies for Enhancing Grass-root Resilience to Climate Change Synthesis of Case Studies from Selected Countries of Asia (Bangladesh, China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam). Monograph. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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This synthesis report is a key output of the project on “Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience”, supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through RETA-6439 and coordinated by the Research Program on Market, Institution and Policy (RP-MIP) of the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). We are indebted to William Dar, Director General and other scientific, technical and administrative staff of the institute for their help and cooperation at each and every stage of project execution. We are thankful for the relentless support from our project partners: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), India, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR); Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (CARP); Centre for Policy dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh; Department of Agriculture (DOA), Thailand; Institute of Agriculture and Environment (IAE), Viet Nam; and Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS), China. The work has benefited from the active support of project teams from Bangladesh, China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. We are also thankful to N.S. Jodha (ICIMOD, Nepal); K Palaniswami (IWMI, India); R. Mendhelson (Yale University, USA); GGSN Rao (CRIDA, ICAR); Mruthunjaya (NCAP, ICAR), Wijaya Jayatilaka (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka), KL Saharawat (ICRISAT, India), SVRK Prabhakar (IGES, Japan), Geetha Mohan (University of Tokyo, Japan) and others whom reviewed this manuscript and gave critical comments helped in improving this manuscript. We acknowledge and thank ADB and the supervisory team headed by Takashi Matsuao, Director; and Cindy Malvicini of Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division, South Asia Department, for their continuous support and guidance.
Abstract
The recent 4th Assessment of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the latest revelations on the science, impacts, and potential measures to address climate change. Nevertheless, the state of knowledge that is available at the global level is far from comprehensive. Whereas there has been high focus on continental understanding, the same cannot be said at regional and sub-regional levels (INCAA 2010). The early action plans in response to growing awareness on the challenges of climate change, the governments worldwide, including those from developing countries, have strengthened confidence, capacity, knowledge, and experience to focus on agricultural production systems that are resilient to climate risks. Motivated by growing interests and building on available knowledge, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) together with six countries in Asia undertook the challenge to “know in order to act” and implemented the project entitled “Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience “. Funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this study is a comprehensive effort to analyze the vulnerability and adaptation strategies by farmers in the marginal regions of Asia in the context of a changing climate or increasing climate associated variability and risk. We hope the results will provide a basis for further suggestions on strategies and policies to reduce risk and vulnerability, build and strengthen adaptive capacity, to provide options for farmers to be able to cope better with the future climate change....
| Item Type: | Monograph (Monograph) |
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| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Others > Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Mr Sanat Kumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2013 05:34 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2016 05:10 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7289 |
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