Livelihood vulnerability and adaptation in Kolar District, Karnataka, India : mapping risks and responses short report

This work was carried out under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), with financial support from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DfID) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.During March and April 2016, ASSAR India’s researchers from the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) conducted 18 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) in nine villages in Kolar District, Karnataka. The FGDs were gender-differentiated and ensured representation from different income groups, castes, and religions. We undertook three activities during each FGD: - A timeline exercise to chart biophysical, livelihoods, socio-economic, institutional and political changes from 1970 onwards. - Risk and response mapping. - An institutional mapping exercise to chart key actors and flows of information and credit