Transcript “Adaptation to Climate Change in Drought Stricken Areas of South

Reversing Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty through Adaptation to Climate Change in
Drought Stricken Areas in Southern India: A Hydrological Unit Pilot Project Approach
COP 18: Development and Climate Days
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Red Cross / Red Crescent Centre (RCCC)
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Adaptation Practitioners Days:
Adaptation in Asia – India: “Adaptation to Climate
Change in Drought Stricken Areas of South India”
Dr. S. V. Govardhan Das
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Socio-economic Context
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India is 10th largest by Nominal GDP (IMF, 2011)
3 rd largest by purchasing power parity (PPP)
Ranks 140th by GDP and 129th by PPP
Agriculture sector constitutes only 7.8% of GDP
50% of the work force engaged in Agriculture
About two-thirds of the agriculture is rain-fed
Drought seriously affects rain-fed agriculture
60% Irrigated Agriculture is groundwater based
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Socio-economic Context
• The United Nations World Water Development
Report (2003) states that, in India:
– 69 percent of people in non-irrigated areas are poor
– in irrigated areas this figure falls to 2 percent
• In India, 76 percent of operational landholdings are
small (2 ha or less)
• Therefore, poor in India are represented by:
• Smallholders with no irrigation source
• Landless agriculture workers
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Genesis of the project
• 1995-2003: APWELL project provided bore-well
irrigation facility to 3,500 smallholders
• 2000: Sustenance of wells became a major concern
• 2000: Participatory Hydrological Monitoring Pilot
• 2001: Crop Water Budgeting
• 2004-2009: APFAMGS Project
• 2010: Strategic Pilot on Adaptation to Climate Change
• 2012: The approach adopted in the Twelfth National
Five Year Plan (2013-2017)
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Location
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Stakeholders
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Objectives
• Global Environmental Objective: Contribute to
knowledge building and experience in integrating
climate change adaptation in sustainable land
and water management, in drought prone areas
• Development Objective: Strengthen the
knowledge and capacities of communities in pilot
Hydrological Units in Andhra Pradesh, India are
to respond to climate change impacts
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Components and Outcomes
Component 1: INFORMATION TOOLS
– Baseline Study
– Participatory Climate Monitoring
Component 2: PILOTS
– Famer Climate Schools
– Sustainable Land and Water Management Pilots
Component 3: DISSEMINATION AND UPTAKE
– Community level
– District level government departments
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Progress
Component 1: INFORMATION TOOLS
– Baseline Study completed
– Participatory Climate Monitoring established
Component 2: PILOTS
– Famer Climate Schools: 6 sessions organized
– SLWM Pilots: Started
Component 3: DISSEMINATION AND UPTAKE
– Community level: Started
– District level government departments: Started
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Participatory Climate Monitoring
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Farmer Climate Schools
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SLWM Pilots
SSL
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Documentation and Dissemination
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Challenges
• Demystifying weather science and its uncertainties
• Land use changes
• Rural conflicts
• Ensuring participation of vulnerable groups and
women
• Dealing with multiple stakeholders
• High level of reporting
• Recruiting and retaining professionals
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Way forward
• Integration of PCM data with FCS and SLWM pilots
• Climate monitoring against baseline values
• Monitoring impact of climate variability on crops
• Piloting and finalizing PCM curriculum
• Piloting crop-specific SLWM packages
• Manuals on: PCM, FCS and SLWM packages
• Documentation: reports, leaflets, farmer records
• Dissemination: website updating, media contact and
policy advocacy workshops
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For more information
Reach Us:
http://www.birds-spacc.org
Contact:
Dr. S. V. Govardhan Das
Project Manager
Email: [email protected]
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Thank You
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