How smallholder farmers adapt to climate change: Stories from India—Ardaman Singh

Ardaman Singh is an experienced Indian farmer who have been cultivating for 35 years. He talks about the problems posed by the erratic rainfall and changed temperatures and how they are trying to compensate their income by growing vegetables and fodder in additon to the traditional crops. The villag...

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Autor principal: Singh, A.
Formato: Video
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2011
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/10673
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Sumario:Ardaman Singh is an experienced Indian farmer who have been cultivating for 35 years. He talks about the problems posed by the erratic rainfall and changed temperatures and how they are trying to compensate their income by growing vegetables and fodder in additon to the traditional crops. The villagers have also adapted through including rice varieties who have shorter growing periods and use less water. This has proven to be really beneficial for the farmers.