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Adaptation Fund

West Bengal

Name of the Project : Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Increasing
Resilience of Small and Marginal Farmers in Purulia and Bankura
Districts of West Bengal
Project Focus : Agriculture
Location : 40 Mouza Villages of Purulia and 22 Mouza Villages of
Bankura Districts of West Bengal
Project Finance : USD 2.51 million (Rs. 15.07 crore)
Duration : 4 Years (2015-2019); Extended upto 2022; Ongoing
Name of Executing Entity : Development Research Communication
and Services Centre (DRCSC)
Project Beneciaries : Direct: 5,000 households encompassing 22,596
Small and Marginal farming communities; Indirect: 90, 000 farmers

Project Area : West Bengal, an eastern state of India covers 2.7% of the Indian landmass, supports 9.13 crore country's
population (7.54 %), and supports 12.3% of the nation's ora and fauna. About 70% of the state's population is
dependent on the climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, forestry and sheries
having a share of 17.4% in total Net State Domestic Product (NSDP, 2012-13).

e Red and Lateritic Soil Zone of Purulia and Bankura Districts of West
Bengal has been facing problems like unpredictable rainfall, prolonged dry
spells, soil erosion, deforestation, distress migration, etc. e project
districts are home to 2.3 million state's SC/ST population.

e practices of overgrazing,
chemical intensive agricultural
practices, inadequate investment in
developing basic infrastructure, etc.
has been causing ecosystem
degradation and in turn reducing
national resource dependent
livelihood opportunities e
project endeavors to address the
identied local vulnerability and
climate risks through livelihood
diversication, technology
adoption and sustainable natural
resource management practices. ought for the
Future Generation

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Anthropogenic Pressure

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