new nsf project starting in 2024

Sechindra Vallury (PI), Don Nelson (co-PI), and Nathan Cook (co-PI) were awarded funding from the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) for their project titled "Equitable Pathways to Climate-Smart Agriculture: Rethinking Adaptation as a Continuum". The research investigates the challenges faced by farmers in adapting to global climate change, focusing on differences among various types of farmers and over time.  The project asks three related questions: who can adapt their farming practices to climate change, how does this ability vary among different farmers, especially those belonging to historically disadvantaged groups, and what are the long-term impacts of these differences on the sustainability of agriculture? The work will take place in the Indian states of ​Maharashtra and Bihar.