ICRISAT - ICRISAT: Medium Term Plan 2010-12 - 2010-12

Inputs: Fine tuning the model to generate authentic projections based on expert knowledge
from crop improvement scientists, and current data.
Outputs: Region and country wise projections on key variables for ICRISAT mandate crops.
Sensitivity analysis of the projections under varying scenarios (drought, yield and income
changes, trade policy etc.).
Outcomes: Partners in Semi-Arid Tropics show informed decision making for identifying
development targets for SAT regions and commodities.
Adopter level changes: Effective supply and demand projections for SAT mandate crops and
associated livestock based on scientific information will lead to more informed research
resource allocation and research priority setting by commodities and regions. Policy makers
use the information for making informed policy decisions.
Community level impacts: Better targeting of interventions and technologies benefiting the
SAT farmers.
Output 5: Investment and policy options for increasing agricultural productivity and
mitigating climatic related shocks identified and shared with key stakeholders.
Initial engagement is the identification and assessment of the most likely policy interventions
in raising productivity, food security and nutrition, trade and incomes. Of great concern is also
the probability that an intervention will contribute to the two targets of the Comprehensive
African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP)—increasing investment in agriculture at a
level of 10% of the agricultural GDP and maintaining a growth rate in agriculture of 6% and
higher. This is then followed by data collection in the chosen areas, analysis and generating
[OUTPUTS]-a set of viable options that can be [OUTCOMES] discussed in various relevant
forums at highest level of government—nationally and regionally to determine specific areas
where investments or changes in investment are needed. When Action is taken to implement
these investments, the results are [IMPACTS] increased productivity in the selected sectors,
increased food security and nutrition as well as better management of the environment.
The project entitled, “Vulnerability to climate change: Adaptation strategies and layers of
resilience” aims to provide science-based solutions and pro-poor approaches for adaptation of
agricultural systems to climate change for the rural poor and most vulnerable farmers in semiarid
regions of Asia especially of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka ,The Peoples’ Republic
of China (PRC), Thailand and Vietnam. The overall objective of the project is to identify and
prioritize the sectors most at risk and develop gender equitable agricultural adaptation and
mitigation strategies as an integral part of agricultural development in the most vulnerable
areas.
The focus of the project is on ground level realities linked or integrated with macro level
factors to evolve adaptation strategies that will address the issues of vulnerability in the most
vulnerable sites of semi-arid tropics (SAT) and develop various layers of resilience. The
outcomes from the project are: Improved understanding of climate variability and adaptationcoping
strategies of the rural poor in SAT region; Best practices and institutional innovations
for mitigating the effects of climate change; and Strategies to address socioeconomic problems
relating to changing weather patterns and availability of a range of initiatives for their
alleviation and Policy options.
The pathways of adoption include the use of VLS longitudinal data for R and D and policy
influence on economic development; policy dialogues to influence decision makers; enhanced
capacity of the social and biophysical scientists and information dissemination on adaptation
strategies and layers of resilience. The outcome from this project accrue to all.
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