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WAYCOOL I Development of a program to support farmers to produce sustainably and stabilize productivity and income.

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It is a challenge for farmers in India to ensure financial security and livelihoods through agriculture. This is due to the small size of the land and other barriers such as limited access to information, expertise and resources. As climate-related weather risks become more complicated and unpredictable, this challenge is stepped up.

In addition, current agricultural practices have raised serious sustainability issues. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that agriculture, forestry and other land uses accounted for 23% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions between 2007 and 2016. The effects of climate change have in turn threatened agricultural productivity due to rising average temperatures, pressure on water resources, land degradation and soil health, as well as frequent attacks by pests and diseases, leading to a decline in crop productivity and livestock resources.

WayCool has developed a holistic, all-in solution that addresses the above challenges with a focus on farmer clusters. The proposed program, called the Cluster Development Program (CDP), has been put into place with a view to enabling the farming community to overcome the challenges of farming by influencing behavioral change and building capacity through access to information, technical knowledge and resources, along with a technology support and advisory system.

Interventions designed under the CDP program not only result in higher crop yields and sustainable livelihoods for farmers, but also improve the resilience of agriculture to the effects of climate change and thus contribute to achieving regional food security.

The aim of the Cluster Development Program is to support farmers to produce sustainably and work with them over the long-term to supply high quality, traceable and safe products to end consumers, with minimal environmental impact. Agricultural practices such as regenerative agriculture, agroforestry and water harvesting will be recommended. The program aims to assist farmers more closely to make this change successful and create a measurable impact not only on their soil and water resources, but also in terms of their net income, yield and cost of cultivation.

Core CarbonX has been selected as the supplier of the first activity of the project to mobilize and incorporate farmers into the clusters.