ICAR short course on Assessment of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture 28 November - 7 December 2018

Abstract

This document contains the notes of lectures delivered during the ICAR-sponsored short course on “Assessment of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture” held at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad during 28 November to 7 December 2018. The documents contains useful information on conceptual, methodological and computational aspects in vulnerability assessment as well as the information on possible impacts of climate change on agriculture, water, insect pests, etc. An over view of global climate models, different scenarios used in the recent IPCC assessment reports, accessing climate projections is also provided which is key to initiating climate change research. How various technological approaches such as conservation agriculture, organic farming, agro-forestry, water management, etc. are helpful in adaptation to climate change is also presented. Gender issues, institutional aspects of transfer of technology, using digital tools for dissemination of climate information are some other issues that were discussed during the short course. We are grateful to all the resource persons for sharing useful information with the participants of the short course. We are thankful to the Education Division of the ICAR, New Delhi for providing financial support to this short course. We are also grateful to Director and staff of ICAR-CRIDA for supporting this activity.