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Hyderabad, Nov. 26 Dr William Dar, Director-General of International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat), has called for strong adaptation strategies to offset the ill-effects of climate change.

“In the absence of such strategies, climate change will worsen food insecurity. Millions of people in countries that have food shortages will have to give up traditional crops as seasons become increasingly unpredictable,” Dr Dar said.

Delivering the J. Raghotham Reddy Memorial Lecture at Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University here on Thursday, he called for a conducive and comprehensive environment policy.

“It must include adaptation and mitigation strategies, more investment in agricultural research and extension, rural infrastructure, and access to markets for small farmers, among other things,” he said.

“The bottomline is to ensure that they develop resilient ecosystems, crops, livestock and communities,” he felt.

Policies on adaptation included changes in land use and timing of farming operations, adaptive plant breeding and crop husbandry technologies, irrigation infrastructure, water storage and water management.

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