Midterm Evaluation of CRA Project, Bihar: Household Survey Data

Climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) includes the sustainable use of the available natural resources to enhance the longer-term productivity of the crop and livestock production systems and to achieve higher farm incomes under climate variabilities. This practice will reduce hunger and poverty in the face of climate change for future generations. Several CRA technologies are being developed and disseminated by CIMMYT and partners, such as zero tillage in wheat, direct seeded rice, crop rotations with legume crops, etc. The objective of the study is to examine farmers' awareness and attitudes towards CRA technologies and the possibility of reaping the positive externalities through direct payment to farmers. This dataset was collected from intervention farmers of the CRA project in Bihar. In selected 75 villages of Bihar State of India, 1000 short farmer interviews (mostly closed-ended questions) are to be conducted among the early adopters of CRA technologies. The farmer lists were provided by the participating Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs). The farmers' opinions on the performance of the technology, constraints faced during adoption, and the effect of resource use and livelihoods will be examined.