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DTE Coverage: Adaptive agriculture

If India wants its farmers to continue growing food, it must adopt a holistic approach that makes crops climate-resilient and provides income and a safety net against farm losses

1. Adaptive agriculture: The Indian ‘kisan’ needs help in becoming climate-resilient

Climate change has made agriculture in India an uncertain and risky proposition; we must adopt a holistic approach that makes crops resilient to climate change, and provides income support and a safety net against farm losses

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2. Adaptive agriculture: Technofixes won’t help make Indian farmers climate-resilient

The Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (POCRA) has largely promoted chemical and input-intensive agriculture, which results in natural resource degradation and is thus unsustainable. iStock photo for representation

Farmers find it difficult to adopt measures that require financial and technical support

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3. Adaptive agriculture: Why Indian farmers need to go organic & natural

Farmers prepare soil with organic fertiliser for wheat crop in Komic, Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.Daniel J. Rao iStock

Organic and natural farming offer holistic benefits, help build climate resilience; yet upscaling has been slow

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4. Adaptive agriculture: How lengthy supply chains, poor value addition & lack of economies of scale impede Indian farmers’ journey to climate-resilience

Adaptive agriculture: How lengthy supply chains, poor value addition & lack of economies of scale impede Indian farmers’ journey to climate-resilience

A farmer holding tomatoes.iStock photo for representation

Direct access to market is crucial to improve farmers’ income and thereby their resilience

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5. Adaptive agriculture: Why Indian farmers’ safety net must be bolstered to make them resilient

A farmer harvesting paddyMANORANJAN_MISHRA iStock

Correct crop loss estimation and relief amount determination are a concern. Robust data and records are lacking

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