Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience : Climatic trends in Sri Lanka Agro-climatic Analysis, Research Report No. 15

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (SLCARP), recognized the complimentarity of their objectives and the need to facilitate the implementation of the research project on natural resources management, entitled ‘’Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience’’ in seven Asian countries, including India, China, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand. Accordingly, they have been working together to implement the project in Sri Lanka. Farmers in the Asian countries need to adjust to climate that is changing and accordingly adapt with layers of resilience in their farming practices and investment decisions. Climate change is the most important global environmental challenge facing humanity today...