2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Food Security and Sustainable Development Goals in Asia: Issues and Governance Challenges

Research Project

Project/Area Number	17F17778
Research Institution	Keio University
Principal Investigator	蟹江憲史慶應義塾大学, 政策・メディア研究科(藤沢), 教授 (90326463)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	RANJEETA 慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY)	2017-10-13 – 2020-03-31
Keywords	Asia / India / Climate Smart / Agriculture / Technology / Focused Group Discussion
Outline of Annual Research Achievements	During her last fiscal year of her fellowship, the fellow conducted a field visit to collect qualitative and quantitative data about adoption of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices in subsistence vis-a-vis advanced commercial agriculture. Her major findings are as follows ： -Barriers to policy diffusion Sustainable agriculture techniques enable higher resource efficiency - they help produce greater agricultural output while using lesser land, water and energy, ensuring profitability for the farmer. These essentially include methods that, among other things, protect and enhance the crops and the soil, improve water absorption and use efficient seed treatments. Despite considerable effort by both national and international agricultural organizations to promote CSA practices in India, adoption of these practices is low. The barriers to policy diffusion is severely affected by demographic characteristics, farm plot features, access to market, socio-economics, climate risks, access to extension services and training. Given the low level of literacy and subsistence level of agriculture it is being difficult to adopt capital intensive climate smart technical methods. -Community acceptance The modern and capital intensive CSA are mostly adopted by progressive farmers who have accesses to improved markets and customers who can pay for their premium products. Cross subsidy to those farmers who are using CSA practices is needed. This would eventually facilitate the adoption of climate smart agriculture practices.
Research Progress Status	令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
Strategy for Future Research Activity	令和元年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。