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Himachal Pradesh

Name of the Project: Sustainable Livelihoods of Agriculture-dependent
Rural Communities in Drought Prone District of Himachal Pradesh
rough Climate Smart Solutions
Project Focus: : Sustainable Agriculture
Location: 3 blocks (Pachhad, Sangrah and Paotna) of Sirmour district
of Himachal Pradesh
Project Finance: Rs. 20.00 Crore (USD 2.67 million)
Duration: 5 years (2015-2020); Extended up to 2021; Completed
Name of Executing Entity: Department of Environment, Science and
Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh
Project Beneciaries: 18,000 poor small and marginal farmers in
drought aected areas of Sirmour district

Project Area: e state of Himachal Pradesh has high reliance on agriculture with 70% of population dependent on it.
e Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh is experiencing moisture stress with negative livelihood consequence for the
agriculture and horticulture sectors. Most of the teshsils of this district were aected by drought in 2002 and 2009. e
district is suering from increase in maximum temperature up to 1° C, decline in winter precipitation and snowfall,
warmer and shorter winters, delayed onset of monsoon rain, erratic
rainfall, extreme weather events like hailstorm, cloud burst etc.

Lack of rain water harvesting systems,
reservoirs/check dams for conservation
of water, prevailing traditional
agricultural practices and low
diversication of crops coupled with
livelihood interventions which are
leading to soil erosion, land
degradation, deforestation, degradation
in bio-diversity, fodder scarcity etc, and
overall decrease in production and
productivity of agriculture and
horticulture is causing extreme climate
stress to people. To address the above
climate related anomalies, the given
project envisions to improve the
adaptive capacity of rural small and
marginal farmers including rural Lantana Camara
women in the Sirmour district by Weed Infestation
introducing a combination of Climate
Smart Farming Technologies along with
required social engineering and capacity
building processes.
Water Stress
and Scarcity

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