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Sri Lanka

Climate-Wise Farming: Enhancing Extension Services and Farmer Preparedness in the Face of Change

 

A capacity building and awareness webinar titled 'Climate-Wise Farming: Enhancing Extension Services and Farmer Preparedness in the Face of Change' was organized on May 12, 2025. Supported by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) and organized by the South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE) in association with the Progyan Foundation for Research and Innovation (PFRI), the webinar served as a strategic platform for strengthening agricultural extension systems and building farmer resilience to climate variability across Sri Lanka's diverse agroecological zones.
The event brought together agricultural extension officers, climate adaptation specialists, smallholder farmer representatives, rural development coordinators, and community development experts from across Sri Lanka to discuss innovative approaches for enhancing extension service delivery and building farmer preparedness for climate-related challenges.

 

Extension service delivery faces critical capacity constraints with inadequate infrastructure, limited transport facilities, and insufficient technical resources hindering effective outreach to remote farming communities, particularly in drought-prone regions with limited water access.

Community-based learning methodologies demonstrate exceptional potential for farmer skill development across diverse cropping systems, indicating high effectiveness of participatory approaches in climate adaptation and sustainable agricultural intensification practices.

Climate information service gaps persist despite technological advancement opportunities, with farmers requiring enhanced capacity in interpreting weather forecasts, drought warnings, and seasonal climate advisories for informed agricultural decision-making and risk management.

Smallholder farmer preparedness varies significantly across regions with dry zone communities showing higher vulnerability to climate stress due to limited adaptive capacity, inadequate water management infrastructure, and restricted access to climate-resilient technologies.

Gender-responsive extension approaches remain underdeveloped despite women's increasing roles in agricultural production, necessitating targeted capacity building programs for female farmers in climate-smart homestead systems, value addition, and cooperative development.


The outcomes of the project are expected to strengthen Sri Lanka's agricultural extension framework and enhance farmer preparedness for climate challenges through improved service delivery mechanisms and community-based capacity building initiatives.

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