Institutional and organizational capacities for adapting to climate change in the least developing countries
Year: 2016
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In our research, we focus on three action arenas: village development, agriculture and forestry. The reason for this is that adaptation capacity is a function of both the intensity of the impacts caused by climate change and the resources to which a community has access and entitlement. Local development therefore is a key issue in increasing adaptive capacities, and in this area the relevant government organizations are the Village Development Committee (VDC), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (MFSC). In each of these ministries and departments, we conducted several key informant interviews at all levels of the organization, from the head offices to the field outposts. We also conducted long open-ended interviews in the villages.
Author: Sunil Tankha
Institution: International Institute of Social Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2290879445