Dr. V. Geethalakshmi from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Mr. Thirupathaiah from WALAMTARI, Dr. P. Subbian, Registrar from TNAU, Dr. Subodh K. Sharma, advisor to the Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Mr.Ole Reidar Bergum from the Royal Norwegian Embassy and Mr. Udaya Sekhar Nagothu from BioForsk. . Photo: BioforskMore than 200 farmers, managers and scientists discuss climate change and food production
Last updated: 24/02/2011 //
The ClimaRice project, funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in India, held their annual workshop in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, February 21. More than 200 people representing farmers, women’s self-help groups, NGOs, government agencies and scientists contributed to the event hosted by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
One of the major focus areas of the project is stakeholder integration. The project team uses the stakeholder workshop to share scientific results with farmers and representatives from government agencies, take their feedback and revise the results. It is also an opportunity for the participants to increase their knowledge about climate change, impacts and adaptation. In Climarice, attempts are being made to standardize some of the stakeholder integration methodologies, based on the experiences from each year.
Since a majority of the farmers in rice production systems are small scale (less than 2 hectares), it is important to develop simple technologies that can be easily adaptable, and addressing the needs identified by stakeholders. In the project, socio-economic vulnerability mapping has been carried out in the Cauvery and Krishna river basins, and based on that, adaptation strategies including technical measures are developed.
For further information:
ClimaRice webpage
Indo-Norwegian Cooperation on Environment, Renewable Energy and Climate Change
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore