Year: 2021
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Intra-seasonal and inter-annual climate variabilityClimate variability is the specific climate-related production risk faced by smallholder rainfed farmers in India. For small holding rainfed farmers, access to reliable extended range and seasonal climate forecast (SCF) informationSeasonal Climate Forecast could induce a set of adaptive risk reduction measures. The paper is an attempt to capture the experience of a pilot research study to understand the utility of SCF in generating risk-reducing decisions by players across the agricultural value chainValue chain in a semi-arid rainfed agroecosystem in Tamil NaduTamil Nadu, India. The results show that to realise the desired societal benefit of SCF, in addition to forecasts with improved predictive skills, appropriate spatialSpatial and temporal scale of the climate variables and effectiveness of the communication process is essential. Social equity in access to climate informationClimate information across the agricultural value chainValue chain and ability and flexibility to adopt by the end users are also decisive factors that determine the effectiveness of climate information in reducing risk in farmingFarming. The experience also emphasises the need for strong institutional support to improve resource access and build the capacities of smallholders to translate informed decisions to actions at field level on risk-reducing responses.
Source: Springer eBooks
Institutions: Azim Premji University, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3209753759