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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges & Opportunities
during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Agriculture (NICRA), promising technologies which can minimise the impact of drought are
demonstrated in 121 climatically vulnerable districts. The present study was takenup at Shekta
Village of Aurangabad district of Maharashtra as representative location of drought to assess
the performance of the climate resilient technologies during a drought year. A systematic frame
work is developed to examine the performance of the climate resilient technologies in terms of
bio-physical yields and net returns during normal (2019-20) and drought (2018-19) years in
comparison with the farmers’ practice. Adoption of the climate resilient technologies such as
improved varieties, water management and livestock practices helped to increase the yield and
income resilience compared to non-adopters during drought years. The extent of resilience
achieved is highest from improved cultivars with supplemental irrigation which ranged from 25
to 75% followed by livestock technologies which ranged from 89 to 112%. Adoption of
multiple enterprises such as crop + livestock + horticulture enhanced income and resilience
upto 112% when compared to single enterprise. Study suggests that, enhancing water storage
potential has created ample opportunities for increasing cropping intensification and to address
the drought in low rainfall areas which further helps to enhance the resilience.
Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation, ecosystem services, integrated farming system
models, Land degradation neutrality
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