Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025
We assess the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices and the role of climate shocks using the BRIGHT Integrated Household Survey data for 2024–2025. • Twenty percent of farmers faced severe climatic shocks, while 40 percent faced more moderate negative shocks. • The largest share of...
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| author | van Asselt, Joanna Weerasinghe, Krishani Munasinghe, Dilusha Hemachandra, Dilini |
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| description | We assess the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices and the role of climate shocks using the BRIGHT Integrated Household Survey data for 2024–2025.
• Twenty percent of farmers faced severe climatic shocks, while 40 percent faced more moderate negative shocks.
• The largest share of farmers reporting natural shocks lived in the dry zone.
• Forty-four percent of farmers were negatively affected by pests and diseases, including 72 .per-cent of oilseed and tuber farmers.
• Seventy-four percent of farmers reported that changing weather patterns affect their income.
• Forty-one percent of farmers reported that they were currently using at least one climate smart agricultural practice (CSA).
• Crop type strongly predicts CSA adoption. Vegetable, pulse, and maize farmers are significantly more likely to adopt CSA practices, with marginal effects indicating increases of roughly 16–17 percentage points. In contrast, rice cultivation is not significantly associated with adoption—im-portant given rice’s dominance in the country.
• Adoption levels of CSA practices vary sharply across provinces. Eastern Province shows the highest adoption (66 percent), while Sabaragamuwa records the lowest adoption at just 14 per-cent.
• Exposure to climate shocks increases CSA adoption. Experiencing a moderate or severe climate shock in the previous year is associated with a 6–7 percentage point increase in CSA adoption, suggesting that shocks are prompting adaptive responses.
Policy Implications for Sri Lanka
• Strengthen CSA adoption in lagging provinces. Sabaragamuwa, North Western, and Western show consistently low adoption despite exposure to climate risks.
• Expand and tailor extension services to promote CSA for the most climate vulnerable farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1780952025-11-22T02:14:19Z Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 van Asselt, Joanna Weerasinghe, Krishani Munasinghe, Dilusha Hemachandra, Dilini climate shock climate-smart agriculture farmers We assess the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices and the role of climate shocks using the BRIGHT Integrated Household Survey data for 2024–2025. • Twenty percent of farmers faced severe climatic shocks, while 40 percent faced more moderate negative shocks. • The largest share of farmers reporting natural shocks lived in the dry zone. • Forty-four percent of farmers were negatively affected by pests and diseases, including 72 .per-cent of oilseed and tuber farmers. • Seventy-four percent of farmers reported that changing weather patterns affect their income. • Forty-one percent of farmers reported that they were currently using at least one climate smart agricultural practice (CSA). • Crop type strongly predicts CSA adoption. Vegetable, pulse, and maize farmers are significantly more likely to adopt CSA practices, with marginal effects indicating increases of roughly 16–17 percentage points. In contrast, rice cultivation is not significantly associated with adoption—im-portant given rice’s dominance in the country. • Adoption levels of CSA practices vary sharply across provinces. Eastern Province shows the highest adoption (66 percent), while Sabaragamuwa records the lowest adoption at just 14 per-cent. • Exposure to climate shocks increases CSA adoption. Experiencing a moderate or severe climate shock in the previous year is associated with a 6–7 percentage point increase in CSA adoption, suggesting that shocks are prompting adaptive responses. Policy Implications for Sri Lanka • Strengthen CSA adoption in lagging provinces. Sabaragamuwa, North Western, and Western show consistently low adoption despite exposure to climate risks. • Expand and tailor extension services to promote CSA for the most climate vulnerable farmers. 2025-11-21 2025-11-21T20:02:05Z 2025-11-21T20:02:05Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178095 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute van Asselt, Joanna; Weerasinghe, Krishani; Munasinghe, Dilusha; and Hemachandra, Dilini. 2025. Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025. BRIGHT Sri Lanka Project Note 3. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178095 |
| spellingShingle | climate shock climate-smart agriculture farmers van Asselt, Joanna Weerasinghe, Krishani Munasinghe, Dilusha Hemachandra, Dilini Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title | Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_full | Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_fullStr | Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_short | Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_sort | climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in sri lanka 2024 2025 |
| topic | climate shock climate-smart agriculture farmers |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178095 |
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