Adoption of multiple climate-smart agricultural practices in the Gangetic plains of Bihar, India

• Published in: International journal of climate change strategies and management Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 407 - 427
• Main Authors: Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Jat, M.L., Sapkota, Tek B., Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Kassie, Menale, Rahut, Dil Bahadur, Maharjan, Sofina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 17.04.2018; Emerald Group Publishing Limited; Emerald Publishing
• Subjects: Access; Agricultural economics; Agricultural management; Agricultural practices; Agricultural production; Climate change; Climate change adaptation; Climate smart agricultural practices; Climate-smart agriculture; Crop diversification; Crop rotation; Demographics; Drought; Economics; Environmental risk; Farmers; Floods; Food security; Greenhouse effect; High temperature; Households; Mineral nutrients; Minimum tillage; Organizations; Plains; Policies; Probability theory; Productivity; Rain; Risk factors; Site-specific nutrient management; Socioeconomic aspects; Soil fertility; Stress-tolerant seed varieties; Studies; Sustainable agriculture; Technology; Technology adoption; Tillage; Training; Bihar India; India; Site-specific nutrient management; Stress-tolerant seed varieties; Crop diversification; Climate change adaptation; Minimum tillage; Climate smart agricultural practices

Purpose The adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) is important for sustaining Indian agriculture in the face of climate change. Despite considerable effort by both national and international agricultural organizations to promote CSAPs in India, adoption of these practices is low....