In South Asia, the impacts of future climate change on the livelihoods of the rural poor, on regional food security and on environmental change are very uncertain and depend on the development of future technologies, economies, institutions and communities. What actions could be taken to tackle climate change through cooperation among South Asian nations that might not have been possible in the past?
Earlier this year the seasonal rains in Bihar, India failed to deliver, leading to big losses in both wheat and rice crops. Luckily, some farmers in the area had signed up for a crop insurance scheme which now allowed them to receive their first payment.
Earlier this year, insurance payouts were given to farmers in Bihar whose crops had failed. Photo: V.Reddy (ViDocs)
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Researchers from the University of Oxford arrived in Beora, Nepal on a hot, humid day in May of this year. It was here, between the mid-hills region of Nepal and the border of India, that the team would spend the next fo…
Farmers in Bangladesh have to adapt their livelihoods both to a changing environment and to changing markets. Our recent working paper “Understanding Adaptive Capacity: Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security in Coastal Bangladesh” analysed the results of survey data from 980 households in coastal Bangladesh.
Surveys with farming households in Bangladesh revealed that the sustainable livelihoods approach may be a useful for understanding climate adaptation. Phot…
