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CSR and Climate-resilient Agriculture – A JSW Case Study

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Title CSR and Climate-resilient Agriculture – A JSW Case Study
 
Creator Petare, K J
Kesava Rao, A V R
Patil, M D
Wani, S P
Sudi, R
Srinivas, K
 
Subject Agriculture
Maharashtra
Sustainable Agriculture
Karnataka
Climate Change
CSR
 
Description The semi-arid tropics being dominant region is primarily agrarian with rainfed traditional agricultural production
systems. Jawhar is a tribal block in Maharashtra. India characterized by high rainfall, water scarcity, degraded soils and low crop productivity. ICRISAT in collaboration wlth JSW has initiated agrlcultural interventions
with watershed approach. Over a two-year period, the project has demonstrated various activities to build
the resilience against climate change to cope with varying climatic risks and to improve livelihoods. Conservation
of available resources through various measures was carried out with active community participation. Agriculture
is the main source of livelihood of the community. Soli health management, rainwater harvesting, soil conservation.
promotion of improved cultivars, introduction of new crops (crop diversification), income-generating activities and promotion of agronomic practices were the major interventions carried out in the project villages.
These have taken farmers towards the path of building resilience to cope with climatic risks.
 
Publisher CABI
 
Contributor Wani, S P
Raju, K V
 
Date 2018-10
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10945/1/Chapter%2004_CSR-Book-Published-2018.pdf
Petare, K J and Kesava Rao, A V R and Patil, M D and Wani, S P and Sudi, R and Srinivas, K (2018) CSR and Climate-resilient Agriculture – A JSW Case Study. In: Corporate Social Responsibility: Win-win Propositions for Communities, Corporates and Agriculture. CABI, pp. 55-82. ISBN 9781786394514