The five-year (2014-2018) Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project uses insights from multi-scale, interdisciplinary work to inform and transform climate adaptation policy and practice in ways that promote the long-term wellbeing of the most vulnerable and those with the least agency. In this brief identifies and and characterises the key vulnerabilities in Moyar Bhavani.
Key insights:
- smallholders dependent on natural resources for their livelihood will be primarily affected by the impacts of climate change, and will often be the least able to adapt. These impacts will be felt most severely in resource stressed regions particularly semi-arid areas of poorly developed regions
- smallholder farmers in the region are most susceptible to the vagaries of climate; this, coupled with pressure from urbanisation and inept development policies, renders them highly vulnerable. Short-term coping mechanisms and strategies used to augment income are often maladaptive in the long-term
- indigenous populations in the regions have tenuous livelihood structures. Loss of traditional practices, unproductive farming, market risks, unresponsive and obscure governance structures, and a depleting natural resource base are some of the risks that these communities face