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Almost everyone acknowledges climate change and its impact on agriculture, but there is little material available to the rural population on how to cope with it.
The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) has come out with a training manual for a certificate course on Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change (SLACC).
The SLACC targets to create a cadre of over 200 certified ‘climate-smart’ community resource persons in villages, who will help the rural population cope with the the impact of climate change.
The project is jointly initiated by the Union Ministry of Rural Development and the World Bank.
“They will disseminate climate resilient technologies to the farming communities in villages,” an NIRDPR spokesperson has said.
“The aim of the course is to train a cadre of resource persons trained in sustainable livelihood practices through adaptation to climate change,” he said. “This will go a long way in improving the adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate change.”
The training manual was released by NIRDPR Director General WR Reddy last week.
“The programme will strengthen the skill sets of resource persons at national and grassroots levels. It is being implemented in 638 villages in Mandal and Sheopur districts of Madhya Pradesh, and Gaya and Madhubani districts of Bihar under National Rural Livelihoods Mission,” he said.
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The course throws light on climate change, variability, interventions that can help in improving the crop productivity, information on the weather advisory services and alternate livelihood activities for climate resilience.
This course is being offered by the Centre for Natural Resource Management of NIRDPR, which is also the Lead Technical Support Agency for the SLACC project.
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