The high climatic variability in Telangana state in India, stakeholders came together to discuss context specific climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices and identify synergies to design and promote local level CSA implementation plans.In Telangana, severe fluctuations in rainfall have negatively impacted rainfed farming systems in both low rainfall (600 mm) zones of southern Telangana and high rainfall (1000 mm) zones in the northern part of the state. Drought is a common and recurrent feature of the region. This has adversely impacted the livelihoods of resource poor farmers.

1. Project team:
Shalander Kumar
Dakshina Murthy
S Nedumaran
Arun Kahtri
Elias Khan
Murali Gumma
KPC Rao
PK Aggarwal
Anthony Whitbread
Partners
EPTRI
NABARD
Dept. of Agriculture
PJTSAU
CRIDA
CCAFS
GLDC
ICRISAT
A Unified Framework for Scaling up CSA under Drylands
Science-led multi-stakeholder engagements for scaling-
up climate smart agriculture in SAT India
Shalander Kumar

2. Science-led multi-stakeholder engagement in
progress in 2018 and to continue
• Unified Framework for scaling up climate smart
agriculture in Telangana state developed and being
piloted
• Participatory exercises- climate risk assessment,
prioritization of CSAPs, investment needs, ex-ante
assessment, district level action plans
• Multiple engagements with govt of Telangana, Chief
Secretary, Principal Secretaries, EPTRI, NABARD, CRIDA,
SAU, GIZ
• Working with EPTRI for revising state action plan for
climate change for TS and Principal secretary agriculture
for integrating CSA prioritization into district action plans

3. AgMIP Sentinel
Sites
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Unified Framework for scaling up climate smart agriculture
in Telangana state

4. Unified Framework for scaling up climate smart agriculture
in Telangana state
We have developed an evidence based scientific framework for guiding investments and
policy/development actors decisions on scaling up CSA in the State

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Mandal wise potential Additional Net Returns due to CSA practices (Million INR/year)
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Adilabad
BhadradriKothagudem
Jagtial
Jangaon
JayashankarBhupalpally
JogulambaGadwal
Kamareddy
Karimnagar
Khammam
KumarambheemAsifabad
Mahabubabad
Mahabubnagar
Mancherial
Medak
MedchalMalkajgiri
Nagarkurnool
Nalgonda
Nirmal
Nizamabad
Peddapalle
RajannaSircilla
Rangareddy
Sangareddy
Siddipet
Suryapet
Vikarabad
Wanaparthy
WarangalRural
WarangalUrban
YadadriBhuvanagiri
Farm Pond with Sprinkler Drip Irrigation System Crop Residue Incorporation
Ridge and Furrow Broad Bed and Furrow
BBF
All major CSA practicesResidue incorporationFarm pond
Drip systemR& F

6. Income Risk Minimization Potential through CSA
adoption
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
43474 46579 49684 52790 55895 59000 62105
St.DevofIncome
Crop Income_Mn.INR
FTP FTP+CSA

7. Deliverables and products
2018
https://youtu.be/qYTsmUnlpKg
https://www.icrisat.org/a-framework-
to-identify-suitable-on-farm-
approaches-to-combat-climate-change/
Blog
Video
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/90627

8. AgMIP Sentinel
Sites
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Continuing engagements with multiple actors
2019-2021
 EPTRI- Nodal agency for climate change
 Principal Secretary Agriculture (district level officers)
 Chief Secretary
 NABARD
 ICAR/SAU
 NGOs- BIAF, DHAN and others
 Private sector- e.g. Micro irrigation, farm machinery, etc

9. AgMIP Sentinel
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Planned outputs/deliverables
2019 2020 2021
• Strengthen science-
policy stakeholders’
platform in TS & AP
• Ex-ante evaluation and
prioritization CSA
options
• Capacity building for
integrating CSA into
district level plans TS
• Telangana state revise
its SAPCC using
evidence based science
inputs
• Journal paper on a
unified framework for
scaling up CSA
 Replicating dev &
piloting unified
framework on CSA in AP
 Scientific contributions
to revise SAPCC of
Andhra Pradesh
 Investment strategies to
minimize climate risk
through CSA
 Journal paper on
‘Investment strategies
for climate risk
minimization’ of dryland
agriculture
 Continue engagement
with TS & AP Govts for
scaling up of CSA
through science –policy
platforms.
 Capacity development at
state and district level to
mainstream CSA at
different scales
 Working paper on
policies and institutional
arrangements for
scaling-up CSA in TS &
AP and Dryland regions

10. AgMIP Sentinel Sites
Alignment with other CRPs:
CRP-Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)
Flagship 1: on Priority setting, climate change and impact accelerations
Flagship 3: on Integrated farm and household management.
CRP GLDC co-finance about $300k over next three years
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Bilateral projects mapped and cross CRP collaboration
• IFAD funded Drought Mitigation Project in
Andhra Pradesh
Overall project is $70m, ICRISAT
component in 2019/20 is $125k
• NAFCC funded project in Telangana on
Climate adaptation in three districts of TS
Project running to March 2020
with ICRISAT’s component $40k
in 2019.
• Three Monsoon Mission Projects (AP, MP
and KAR)

11. Thank You
for your attention
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