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Name of the Project: Climate change adaptation for natural resources
dependent communities in Kachchh, Gujarat
Project Focus: : Sustainable Agriculture
Location: 3 Talukas of Kachchh district (Khadir bet in Bhachau taluka,
Abdasa taluka, Banni grassland in Bhuj taluka)
Project Finance: Rs. 21.36 Cr (USD 3.2 mn)
Duration: 4 years (2017-2021); Extended upto 2022; Ongoing
Name of Executing Entity: Gujarat Ecological Education and Research
(GEER) Foundation, Gujarat.
Project Beneciaries: Total of 2170 direct beneciaries (1230 households
from agricultural zone, 700 households from coastal zone and 240
households from pastoral zone). 35% of women as beneciaries.

Project Area: Kachchh district is the largest district of India. Spread across 23.27% of total geographical area of Gujarat
State. Kachchh also has the longest coastline of 406 km among all districts in India. However population density of 46
persons per sq. km. (Census, 2011) is the lowest for any district in Gujarat. e Kachchh region is one of the rare
ecological zones in the world having a rich bio-diversity. Sea level rise along the Gulf of Kachchh is reported to be 0.4–2
mm/year (SNC, 2012) resulting to salinity intrusion and saline coastal groundwater, endangering wetlands, inundating
valuable land & settlement of coastal communities. e analysis of the last
100 years (1891 to 1996) data on annual mean maximum and minimum
temperature showed that the mean maximum temperature increased by
0.5°C, while the mean minimum temperature has declined by 0.5°C.
e decadal uctuation of mean maximum and mean minimum
temperature showed a signicant raise in mean maximum temperature
from the decade 1931-40.

e statistical analysis of the rainfall in
Kachchh for the years 1932-2010
concludes that there were 11 years of
severe drought conditions and 12 years
of excess rains. e incidence of severe
drought during the period 2001-2010
has occurred only once and the
number of good rainy years is more,
with 2 years of excessive rain. Kachchh
district is identied as one of the 74
drought prone districts in India. Invasion of Prosopis juliora
Studies carried out by the Central in Banni Region
Research Institute for Dryland
Agriculture (CRIDA-ICAR) infer that
the inhabitants of Kachchh regions are
increasingly vulnerable.
Grassland Degradation

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