Framing the Agriculture -Climate Connections

Indian agriculture is in crisis. With frequent and intense extreme weather events leading to crop losses and inadequate relief, farming has become riskier and unviable, particularly for small and marginal farmers. There are serious livelihood concerns potentially impacting food security and nutrition. The need of the hour is to build resilience, increase adaptive capacity, and provide adequate safety net.

Also, there is a growing concern to address greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Methane from rice cultivation and livestock in the dairy sector, as well as nitrous oxide from soil, are known as big contributors. Importantly, Indian agricultural emissions are ‘survival emissions’ that must be dealt with cautiously. Part of the solution is about cost-effective mitigation options that have co-benefits for farmers. Agriculture can also help sequester emissions and certain practices can help incentivise farmers, if done right as part of an effective system

To deep dive into those issues, CSE is organising a ‘training and workshop on framing agriculture and climate connections. The event will largely involve civil society colleagues and aim to discuss science, policy and practice related to impacts of extreme weather events; relief and insurance mechanisms; mitigation and adaption potential of agro-ecology practices; weather forecasts and agro-advisory; market access, prices and farmer-producer organisations; and agriculture/livestock emissions and mitigation options.

FOR ANY OTHER DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT

ANAMIKA YADAV
Programme officer
Sustainable Food Systems
Email: anamika.yadav@cseindia.orgg