Exploring climate change and disaster governance issues
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In Orissa, research by Arun Kumar Das with farmers captures their experiences and perceptions of climate over the past 20 years and compares
this with meteorological data from local weather stations. His research found that 50 percent of the farmers in the study area had already applied
adaptation strategies to respond to their experience of climate change. These included changes in crops, crop varieties, planting dates, along with
increased irrigation and supplementing livestock. Many farmers cited a number of impediments to adaptation, including poverty, lack of savings and
access to credit, insecure property rights and lack of social protection mechanisms to insure against the risks of using new techniques or technologies.
Arun Kumar Das identifies four forms of social protection to support adaptation:
i. Predictable cash transfers
ii. Weather-indexed crop insurance
iii. Asset transfers
iv. Employment Guarantee Schemes
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| Author | Harris, K., Terry Cannon, T. et al |
| Publisher | Institute of Development Studies |
| Publication Date | April 1, 2011 |
| Publication City | Brighton |
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| Submitted to Point K | May 28, 2012 - 1:09pm |
