Foreword
Climate Change presents overwhelming challenges. Nepal is witnessing increasing incidence of climate change related natural disasters,which haves severely affected the agriculture sector and the livelihoods of the farmers. The agriculture sector policy and agriculture development strategy of Nepal strongly urge to increase productivity and promote natural resources to utilize them in the interest of farmers. With the observed and likely climate change impacts, it is urgent that the agriculture sector identifies clear needs for climate adaptation and
investment to address climate risks to secure future livelihoods of farmers.
At the same time, there is a greater need for knowledge, understanding and capacity of government officials to reduce climate vulnerability and facilitate integration of climate change adaptation in a coherent manner through regular development planning processes. This training manual is timely. The training manual seeks to support agriculture sector planners, policy makers, extension workers and other concerned people to enhance their practical understanding with suggested tools and methods to integrate climate change adaptation into their regular plans. I believe this training manual will provide step by step guidance to government staff to facilitate integration of adaptation concerns into their regular plans which ultimately help build adaptive capacity and resilience in the agriculture sector. I am confident that farmers will be better served by government staff who apply what they learn through this training manual and that it will help them identify and prioritize climate change adaptation programmes.
Agriculture