Drought Risk and Agricultural Research in India-Assessing Agricultural Vulnerability in India due to drought risk and research for developing site-specific adaptation & mitigation strategies
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Drought Risk and Agricultural Research in India-Assessing Agricultural Vulnerability in India due to drought risk and research for developing site-specific adaptation & mitigation strategies
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Kaushalya Ramachandran
Shubhasmita Sahani V. Praveen D. V. S. Sarma |
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Drought Risk
Agricultural Vulnerability |
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Increased variability in rainfall and occurrence of extreme weather events viz., nseasonal rainfall, hailstorms, heat and cold wave, drought and floods during last three decades have adversely impacted Indian agriculture when productivity from rainfed agriculture was required to be increased to meet the growing demand for food, fibre, fodder and agricultural commodities. This change has caused economic and political volatility in the country besides hardship to millions of small and marginal farmers especially in the Deccan region of India encompassing Vidharbha, Marathwada, Telengana, Rayalseema and Karnataka. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched a national program titled: National Initiative for Climate Resilient Agriculture in February 2011 in order to develop appropriate strategies for mitigation of hardships and for improving adaptive capacity among rainfed farmers in India. ICAR-CRIDA |
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2018-11-29T09:27:59Z
2018-11-29T09:27:59Z 2015-03-01 |
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Research Paper
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Kaushalya Ramachandran, Shubhasmita, S., Praveen, V. and D.V.S. Sarma (2015): Drought Risk and Agricultural Research in India: Assessing Agricultural Vulnerability in India due to drought risk and research for developing site-specific adaptation & mitigation strategies. In Understanding droughts in India. Advocating Disaster Resilience in South Asia since 2005 127:2-3<southasiadisasters.net>
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English
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Advocating Disaster Resilience in South Asia since 2005
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