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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an important approach towards minimizing
impacts due to climate risks and maintaining agricultural growth. This report is part
of the project that aims to contribute towards building a national strategy for scaling
out climate resilient agricultural practices and technologies by synthesizing
cumulative knowledge, experiences, and learnings gained by ICAR, CCAFS, and CG
Centre’s Programs in climate risk management. The report outlines the process of
developing a district level adaptation plan for resilient farming in the Adilabad district
of Telangana by following steps of climatic risks characterization, identification and
prioritization of CSA technologies and practices, the convergence of government
policies and programs.
Dry spell, uneven rainfall, heat wave and cold wave frequently occur in the district
with severe impact on the rainfed cropping system in the district. Location specific
CSA practices have the potential to reduce the losses due to climate risk. Potential
CSA technologies are categorized into six main categories of water-smart, energysmart,
nutrient-smart, carbon-smart, weather-smart and knowledge-smart. Area
specific suitable CSA technologies are identified following a participatory approach
through stakeholder’s participation. The identified list of technology is evaluated and
prioritized for implementation feasibility, acceptability, adoption barriers, synergy
with government plans, incentive mechanisms and key institutions. For the
implementation of these technologies at the district level, the total estimated budget
was estimated to be Rs. 273.0 Crore. The convergence of resources from relevant
government schemes/projects for mobilizing funds for prioritized CSA technologies
has been proposed for implementing climate adaptation plans at the district level.
This integrated framework will be useful for the investment decision making process
for resilient farming.