Key findings from ASSAR's regional diagnostic study & initial reserach : Sangamner sub-region, Maharashtra Information brief
Abstract
By creating demand for rural products, increasing employment opportunities, and enabling remittances from migrants, urbanisation can play a positive role in reducing rural poverty. In Maharashtra, government, private and civil society actors are taking steps to use information technology to provide weather, crop and market-related services to farmers. The drought-proneness of Maharashtra adversely affects farming productivity and leads to low cropping yields. Thus, drought management is one of the key strategies for agricultural development in these regions. By providing farmers with timely, reliable, and useful information, weather advisory services have the potential to reduce vulnerability to both climatic and non-climatic risks.
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This work was carried out under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), with financial support from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DfID) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
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Policy Brief
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Keywords
DROUGHT, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WEATHER FORECASTS, SEMI-ARID REGIONS, WEATHER STATIONS, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL URBAN MIGRATION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA