Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environments
India is one of the most drought prone countries in the world and droughts are impacting agricultural production and livelihoods. Building resilience of agriculture has become important in view of the large-scale impacts of climate change and quantification of resilience is essential for objective a...
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| author | J.V.N.S. Prasad N. Akila C. Sharmila Bharathi S. Alagudurai C.A. Rama Rao B.M.K. Raju K.V. Rao A.V.M. Subba Rao R. Rejani D.B.V. Ramana S. Kundu Ibrahim Kaleel C.M. Pradeep B.V.S. Kiran J.V. Prasad Ch Srinivasa Rao K. Sammi Reddy V.K. Singh S. Bhaskar S.K. Chaudhari A.K. Singh |
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| description | India is one of the most drought prone countries in the world and droughts are impacting agricultural production and livelihoods. Building resilience of agriculture has become important in view of the large-scale impacts of climate change and quantification of resilience is essential for objective assessment of technologies and systems for their performance. The focus of the study is to assess the impact of technologies in alleviating the impact of drought and to operationalize the concept of resilience to climatic stress. Two indices, resilience score, which indicates the performance of the technology during stress vis-à-vis the farmers’ practice during normal rainfall year and resilience gain, which indicates the performance of technology over that of the farmers’ practice during the stress year were used for assessing resilience. Location specific climate resilient technologies are adopted as a part of the ongoing project (National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA-since 2011)) and the extent of resilience achieved due to adoption of technologies is assessed with reference to drought occurred in 2016–2017 by collecting data from 113 households from two villages representing prevalent production systems of the villages vis-a-vis during the normal rainfall year (2015–16). Statistical significance of the impact of technologies adopted was ascertained using independent sample t-test and dummy variable regression technique. Drought has significant negative impact (p < 0.01) and decreased the production by 85% and income by 93%. Adoption of technologies resulted in yield and income gain (p < 0.01) during normal and drought years. Resilience score due to adoption of drought escaping cultivars ranged from 45 to 88% and 72 to 121% from livestock related technologies. Resilience gain due to climate smart technologies ranged from 15 to 118% over the farmers’ practice. Adoption of multiple farm enterprises enhanced income during drought and resilience. There is a need to encourage and support adoption of promising technologies for enhancing resilience and to minimize drought risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da85a501623b400cad2e27903b2df9e82023-12-10T06:15:49ZengElsevierClimate Risk Management2212-09632023-01-0142100563Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environmentsJ.V.N.S. Prasad0N. Akila1C. Sharmila Bharathi2S. Alagudurai3C.A. Rama Rao4B.M.K. Raju5K.V. Rao6A.V.M. Subba Rao7R. Rejani8D.B.V. Ramana9S. Kundu10Ibrahim Kaleel11C.M. Pradeep12B.V.S. Kiran13J.V. Prasad14Ch Srinivasa Rao15K. Sammi Reddy16V.K. Singh17S. Bhaskar18S.K. Chaudhari19A.K. Singh20Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaKrishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu 637002, IndiaKrishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu 637002, IndiaKrishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu 637002, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad 500 030, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad 500 059, India; Corresponding author.Division of Natural Resource Management, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaDivision of Natural Resource Management, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaDivision of Agricultural Extension, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaIndia is one of the most drought prone countries in the world and droughts are impacting agricultural production and livelihoods. Building resilience of agriculture has become important in view of the large-scale impacts of climate change and quantification of resilience is essential for objective assessment of technologies and systems for their performance. The focus of the study is to assess the impact of technologies in alleviating the impact of drought and to operationalize the concept of resilience to climatic stress. Two indices, resilience score, which indicates the performance of the technology during stress vis-à-vis the farmers’ practice during normal rainfall year and resilience gain, which indicates the performance of technology over that of the farmers’ practice during the stress year were used for assessing resilience. Location specific climate resilient technologies are adopted as a part of the ongoing project (National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA-since 2011)) and the extent of resilience achieved due to adoption of technologies is assessed with reference to drought occurred in 2016–2017 by collecting data from 113 households from two villages representing prevalent production systems of the villages vis-a-vis during the normal rainfall year (2015–16). Statistical significance of the impact of technologies adopted was ascertained using independent sample t-test and dummy variable regression technique. Drought has significant negative impact (p < 0.01) and decreased the production by 85% and income by 93%. Adoption of technologies resulted in yield and income gain (p < 0.01) during normal and drought years. Resilience score due to adoption of drought escaping cultivars ranged from 45 to 88% and 72 to 121% from livestock related technologies. Resilience gain due to climate smart technologies ranged from 15 to 118% over the farmers’ practice. Adoption of multiple farm enterprises enhanced income during drought and resilience. There is a need to encourage and support adoption of promising technologies for enhancing resilience and to minimize drought risk.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221209632300089XAgricultureDrought riskLivestockResilience gainResilience scoreSemi-arid regions |
| spellingShingle | J.V.N.S. Prasad N. Akila C. Sharmila Bharathi S. Alagudurai C.A. Rama Rao B.M.K. Raju K.V. Rao A.V.M. Subba Rao R. Rejani D.B.V. Ramana S. Kundu Ibrahim Kaleel C.M. Pradeep B.V.S. Kiran J.V. Prasad Ch Srinivasa Rao K. Sammi Reddy V.K. Singh S. Bhaskar S.K. Chaudhari A.K. Singh Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environments Climate Risk Management Agriculture Drought risk Livestock Resilience gain Resilience score Semi-arid regions |
| title | Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environments |
| title_full | Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environments |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environments |
| title_short | Assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi-arid environments |
| title_sort | assessment of adaptation practices for risk minimization to drought in semi arid environments |
| topic | Agriculture Drought risk Livestock Resilience gain Resilience score Semi-arid regions |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221209632300089X |
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