2. Agriculture, Climate and Uttar Pradesh
• Leading in Agriculture Agriculture- Climate
Production Largely weather dependent
• 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

3. 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

4. Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture
• Production and Livelihood
• Food Insecurity
• Decreasing bio-diversity
• Increasing Migration
• Fodder and Livestock,
Pasture Land
• Gender Issues

5. Impacts

6. Approach
Adaptive Indigenous Scientific
Capacities Knowledge Know how
Agriculture & Livelihood
Sustainability

7. Efforts towards Disaster Risk Reduction
Agricultural Adaptation
Crop Management:

8. Crop Management: Space Management

9. Community Efforts
Alternate Extension System

10. Self-Managed Institutions helping
people to adapt

11. Efforts of Adaptation

12. 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)

13. Policy Implications
 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

14. Thanks!