This multifaceted concept encompasses a number of strategies and technologies, to make farmers, especially women, more resilient to climate variability. These include
- Promoting crop varieties suitable for the region.
- Efficient water management
- Adopting of various in-situ moisture conservation techniques
- Adopting Integrated Nutrient Management and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Promoting Farm Precise app for making informed decisions about crop management practices.
Women participation was ensured through capacity building and awareness programmes for improving household food security and enhance the climate resilience of their farms. Women were made aware of several concepts like Integrated Nutrient Management, Integrated Pest management, Livestock management, multilayer farming, crop planning and kitchen gardens. Awareness sessions on how to start all these activities were organised. Exposure visits also gave them an opportunity to see live model farms and interact with farmers .
Following is a series of activities taken up by women which has enhanced their confidence to deal with the effects of climate change on agriculture.
- Women promoter conducts Farmer Field School on Climate Resilient Agriculture, with a group of women farmers. Farmer Field Schools (FFS) is a platform to help farmers promote a healthy crop. This is achieved by understanding the crop ecosystem, appropriate use of farming techniques and exchange of knowledge and ideas about good agricultural practices amongst farmers.









- System of Rice intensification: In another project area, women farmers have come forward to practice System of Rice Intensification (SRI). This requires lesser inputs and yields better than the conventional system of rice growing. Also the precious water resource use is drastically reduced, thus resulting in better resource management.



Sr. Agri. Officer, (Climate Resilient Agriculture)
Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), Pune
Email: prithviraj.gaikwad@wotr.org.in
Harshal Khade
E-mail: harshal.khade@wotr.org.in
Arun Bhagat