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Training manual: APN project on building capacity to enhance farmer’s capabilities to address the challenges of climate change using climate smart agriculture strategies

Increasing global temperature, rising sea levels and melting polar ice caps result in land submergence, salinity intrusion, severe drought, frequent and more intense floods- all of which drastically impact agricultural productivity, food security and the livelihoods of millions of people in the affected regions. Experts of climate change, agriculture and other relevant fields of the South Asian countries came together to identify climate resilient technologies and practices that farmers can adopt in their fields to keep the productivity trends upward despite climatic hazards. The climate resilient technologies need to be selected on the basis of the agro-ecological systems of the respective regions. The selection criteria of climate smart technologies should prioritize the potential of the technologies to improve productivity, increase resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.