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Climate-smart approach aids Odisha lowland farmers against floods
Variety-based climate-smart intervention helps smallholder farmers cope with floods in the lowlands of Odisha
Swati Nayak
Girija Swain
Pavan Yeggina
Mukund Variar
Posted on 11 Sep, 2023 11:26 AM
  • Natural calamities, primarily floods, of varying intensity adversely affect the standing crop leading to poor harvests. Such untoward climatic shocks invariably hit almost all blocks of Puri District in Odisha.  
  • The variety-based climate-smart intervention proved to be a potential response in the flood-prone rice areas.
Flood tolerant rice variety (Image: IWMI; Flickr Commons)
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