How smallholder farmers adapt to climate change: Stories from India—Mohamed Fakir

Mohamed Fakir is a a dairy farmer in Punjab India. He describes in the video how his cows milk production is steadily decreasing, largely due to the the changing climate and to the lack of water and water infrastructure. Mohamed is also concerned with the reduction in farmers choosing to produce fod...

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Autor principal: Fakir M
Formato: Video
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2011
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/10681
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Sumario:Mohamed Fakir is a a dairy farmer in Punjab India. He describes in the video how his cows milk production is steadily decreasing, largely due to the the changing climate and to the lack of water and water infrastructure. Mohamed is also concerned with the reduction in farmers choosing to produce fodder. Farmers nowadays grow cash crops he explains, and thus it is getting increasingly difficult to get enough fodder for the animals..