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Bangladesh: Agriculture and Climate Change
Harikhali in Paigachha, Bangladesh; Source:Flickr-CGIAR-CCAFS Despite dependency on natural resources and vulnerability to climate change, agriculture in Bangladesh contributes about 20 percent of the...
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Leveling with Friends
(Cross-posted from the IFPRI website written by Rebecca Sullivan) Source: Flickr (IFPRI) Leveled field being irrigated in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. Technology can serve as a catalyst in...
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Climate Smart Agriculture and Farmers Preferences
Post Harvest Handling of Paddy (Threshing) in Bihar. Source: (flickr) Divya Pandey/IFPRI Climate change poses a serious threat to the agricultural sector, increasing pressure on natural resources such...
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Grappling with Climate Change Mitigation in Pakistan
Source: K.von Grebmer/IFPRI (Flickr) Konark Sikka is an intern with IFPRI- South Asia office Climate change has become more pronounced over the past few decades, and agriculture has been one of the...
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Keeping Agriculture Productive Amid a Changing Climate in Nepal
Participants at the Conference Eighty percent of the population in Nepal lives in rural areas and depends heavily on agriculture as a source of income and employment. With changing monsoon patterns,...
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Tandem technologies and drought-risk management in Bangladesh
Cross-posted from the IFPRI website written by Rebecca Sullivan Source:IRRI As climate change spurs increasingly unpredictable weather—such as droughts and floods—farmers find themselves on the...
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Food Security in Bihar: The State of Things Looking Ahead
Konark Sikka is an intern with IFPRI- South Asia office Women Farmer Winnowing Rice, Bihar. Source (Flickr) Divya Pandey, IFPRI Over the years investments in food and nutritional security have shown...
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Building Capacity under CSA
Farmer in Haryana. Credits: Divya Pandey/ IFPRI Agriculture is highly vulnerable to even short term weather change, therefore even a small shift in climate poses direct threat to farmers, who not only...
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Multiple Factors Hamper CCT Scheme
Cross-posted from the FSP India website written by Rachel Kohn Women Farmers, Nalanda District, Bihar: Source (flickr) Divya Pandey, IFPRI The increasing frequency of altered rainfall patterns in India...
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National Workshop: Mitigating Agrarian Distress in Indian Agriculture
Cross-posted from the FSP India website written by Jaspreet Aulakh Hamish John Appleby / IWMI Partially spurred by the recent droughts in several states in India, a conference was held in Telangana on...
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Highlights of Recent IFPRI Food Policy Research in India
Source: (Flickr): Pallavi Rajkhowa, IFPRI IFPRI began its enduring partnership with India nearly 40 years ago. In fact, IFPRI’s first Board of Trustees in 1975 included Vijay S. Vyas, Director of the...
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Dialogue on Climate Change and Livelihood Adaptation in Gujarat
IFPRI Conference It is predicted that climate change and rising temperatures will increase the demand for water used in agriculture and in urban areas. This poses significant risks for the livelihoods...
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