Adaptation as innovation : lessons from smallholder farmers in rainfed Karnataka

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2018-03-23

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This booklet contributes to identifying barriers and enablers to local adaptation, uncovering how factors at multiple scales promote or constrain local innovation in agriculture, as well as providing direction for scaling up. The aim is to document cases of adaptation innovation and discuss lessons for similar semi-arid regions in India. The policy brief describes: key concepts used; methodology; and profiles of farmers along with their innovative practices. It provides background information about climate change in the Karnataka area, as well as supporting evidence that links farmer innovation to climate change adaptive capacity.

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AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION, INNOVATION SYSTEMS, SCALING UP, RESEARCH TO POLICY, DROUGHT, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, SEMI-ARID REGIONS, FARMING, DRIP IRRIGATION, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, LOCAL LEVEL, ORGANIC FARMING, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA

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