Self-Organised Adaptation in the Face of Climate Change

According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), higher temperatures eventually reduce crop yields and encourage weed and pest proliferation. Also, changes in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines.

While governments, NGOs, and international organisations are all wondering about how to enable adaptation to Climate Change - particularly for agriculture. Ashwini Chhatre, Associate Professor, Economics and Public Policy Chair - IRB and Executive Director, Bharti Institute of Public Policy at ISB, went back to the apple-growing regions of Himachal Pradesh to understand how farmers successfully adapt to climate change and what factors help them.

Watch him speak on his research about how farmers, rural institutions, social networks and agri-business chains adapt to climate change in this episode of ISB Research Bytes.