Drought risk reduction in agriculture: A review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic plain of South Asia

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dc.creatorCenacchi, Nicola
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:56:53Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:56:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:42:21Z
dc.descriptionThis report is a component of the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS)–-funded project “Impacts of Climate Extremes on Future Water and Food Security in South Asia and East Africa.” The goal of the project was to characterize extreme drought events, to improve on a methodology to assess the probability of these events in the future under climate change, to illustrate their impacts, and to provide suggestions on coping strategies. The present report sets the stage for the overall project by undertaking a review of the causes of vulnerability to drought in East Africa and the western Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of South Asia, and discussing the options to increase resilience to drought in the agricultural sector. Agriculture is a high-risk endeavor in both regions, due to a combination of recurrent droughts—which may intensify due to climate change—poor soil fertility, and a host of constraints faced by farmers, especially low access to input and output markets. These factors, combined with farmers’ high aversion to risk, stifle investments in agriculture, resulting in continuous underachieving production, low income, and persisting poverty.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151366
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/112303
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896298477
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295629
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896297975
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/0896296652
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/152638
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCenacchi, Nicola. 2014. Drought risk reduction in agriculture: A review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic plain of South Asia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1372. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151366
dc.subjectenvironmental factors
dc.subjectshock
dc.subjectvulnerability
dc.subjectwater availability
dc.subjectdrought
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectrisk
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleDrought risk reduction in agriculture: A review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic plain of South Asia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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