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Impact of climate change on smallholders and their coping strategies

  • time Nov 8, 2023
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Our study on the impact of climate change on smallholders and their coping strategies elicits how the poor and vulnerable smallholder communities in Bihar are coping with declining marginal returns from cropping and how institutional interventions and financial services can strengthen their resilience against the impact of climate change.

Climate change is already altering weather patterns in the fertile plains of Bihar. These changes are wreaking havoc on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Our study on the impact of climate change on smallholders and their coping strategies elicits how the poor and vulnerable smallholder communities in Bihar are coping with declining marginal returns from cropping and how institutional interventions and financial services can strengthen their resilience against the impact of climate change.

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