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Basmati farmers in Karnal district in Haryana are going back to what their forefathers did before the Green Revolution — growing maize. While it is the new varieties and not the old hardy ones, maize offers an option in view of the plummeting groundwater levels and climate vagaries in the area.

This village is one of the 27 climate-smart villages in Karnal, part of a project by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security that aims to improve farmers’ income and resilience to climate risks.

Researchers, local partners, farmers and policy-makers collaborate to select interventions to enhance productivity, increase income, achieve climate resilience and enable climate mitigation.