Acasa: risk characterisation and adaptation technology for rice in south asia

As South Asia’s first climate adaptation Atlas, ACASA is focused on supporting smart climate investments for the benefit of region’s agriculture. The Atlas will characterize climatic risks pertaining to a particular commodity at a granular level, assess the likely impact of climate change on the yield, and propose plausible adaptation options whilst assessing the economic suitability, viability, and environmental benefits of proposed technologies. ACASA is doing this analysis for 40 major commodities of South Asia belonging to cereals, legumes, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables, livestock, fisheries, and industrial and non-food crops. This report shows the climate hazard index for rice and the suitability of direct seeded rice (DSR) dry as one of the proposed adaptation options. Its visualization in the test version of ACASA is also depicted. This methodology will subsequently be applied to other key commodities across South Asia.