Agriculture, Climate and Uttar Pradesh

• Leading in Agriculture Production

• 34.8% of state income (aprox.)

• Largest employment source

66% of total workers

• Direct employment to 35.5million population

• Small-Marginal-Landless Farmers : More than 90%

• 70 percent land under problem

• 2,50,000 ha gone for non-agri purposes in last 10 years

Agriculture- Climate

Largely weather dependent

Climate Change

• Change in volume, time and

pattern of rainfall

• Flash and Accidental floods

• Increasing dry spells during

monsoon

• Hot winds during winters

• Increasing water logging

periods

Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture

• Production and Livelihood

• Food Insecurity

• Decreasing bio-diversity

• Increasing Migration

• Fodder and Livestock, Pasture Land

• Gender Issues

Impacts

Approach

Adaptive

Capacities

Indigenous

Knowledge

Scientific

Know how

Agriculture & Livelihood

Sustainability

Agricultural Adaptation

Efforts towards Disaster Risk Reduction

Crop Management:

Crop Management: Space Management

Alternate Extension System

Community Efforts

Self-Managed Institutions helping

people to adapt

Efforts of Adaptation

Other Efforts

• Cost Benefit Analysis of Floods/ Drought

• Policy Research on Climate Change and

Adaptation

• Disaster Risk Reduction Programme

• Enhancing Livelihoods in Floods

• Food Security and Climate Change

• Documentation of indigenous knowledge

in floods and Drought

• Climate Change and Urban Resilience (ACCCRN)

R & D for developing appropriate crop varieties

Synergy of technical know how and local wisdom

Space for more local innovations

Providing capacity support and opportunities of developing

farmer trainers and farmer to farmer sharing and extension.

Involvement of women farmers in all the aspects of adaptive

agriculture

Policy Implications

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