About Project
Climate Change Adaptation
Project Background and Context: 
The proposed project aims at developing climate adaptive and resilient livelihood systems
through diversification, technology adoption and natural resource management for rural small and marginal farmers associated with agriculture and allied sector in Lateritic Zone of West
Bengal, India. Specifically, it would seek to enhance adaptive capacity of vulnerable farm families in semi-arid regions of Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal by introducing
measures to tide over the adverse impacts of climate change on their food and livelihood security.
The project would focus on 5,000 households covering about 22,596 beneficiaries who belong to vulnerable small and marginal farming communities and communities dependent on natural resources as livelihood option. The project would be executed by Development Research Communication and Services Centre (DRCSC), which has been operating in the semi-arid region of West Bengal for the last 15 years.
It would build on earlier work done by DRCSC such as the project "Diversifying livelihood options through integrated production system for climate change adaptation and food & livelihood security of the small and marginal farmers in water logged flood plain of West Bengal (CCA IFS)" supported by GIZ and the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests, and the project "Collective Action to Reduce Climate Disaster Risks and enhancing Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities around the Sundarbans in Bangladesh and India", supported by the European Union.
Specific Objective : To enhance adaptive capacity of vulnerable farm families in semi-arid regions of Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal by introducing measures to tide over the adverse impacts of climate change on their food and livelihood security.
Operational Objectives: To conduct series of exercises with the stakeholders and analyze climate data/GIS maps to work out community planning exercises for land & water use master plan with the aim of developing protocol for collective management of natural resources.
To establish local Climate Resource Centres, linking it with technical institutions and sending crop-weather advisories relevant to the livelihood of small and marginal farmers associated with agriculture and allied sector
To develop, demonstrate, document and promote climate resilient livelihood models.
Proposed location, Beneficiaries and Action Plans : The geographical focus would be 40 Mouza villages (18 mouza of 3 GP) from Kashipur block of Purulia and (22 mouza of 2 GP) from Chhatna block of Bankura district.
The project would focus 5000 households covering about 26,350 population as direct beneficiaries and about 1,00,000 as indirect beneficiaries who belong to vulnerable small and marginal farming communities and communities dependent on natural resources as livelihood option.
The action plan of the project would be address to identified vulnerability and risk with a future map of proposed bund, water reservoir, soil-water conservation sites, restoration of traditional water harvesting structure etc.
The plan will focus more on water harvesting, planning cropping pattern, water reserve for summer, soil water conservation etc.
The proposed project aims at
Developing climate adaptive and resilient livelihood systems through diversification, technology adoption and natural resource management for rural small and marginal farmers associated with agriculture and allied sector in Lateritic Zone of West Bengal.
Project Area
| District | Block | Gram Panchayat |
|---|---|---|
| Purulia | Kashipur | Sonathali, Agardichitra, Rangamati Ranjandi |
| Bankura | Chhatna | Ghosergram, Jhunjhka |
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