District Level Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Mizoram: Agriculture Sector was done to rank and categorised different districts of Mizoram based on their vulnerability indices and drivers of vulnerability for both overall (Mizoram) and for each district were identified.

Approach/Methodology adopted

Top down assessment using secondary data collected from various sources and geospatial techniques were used. The study was done by taking current vulnerability as a function of sensitivity and adaptive capacity. 15 indicators belonging to a category agriculture, socio-economic and demographic characters were selected for the assessment. Study was done with assigning equal weights to minimize biasness and remove the difficulty in assigning weights to a set 15 different indicators. Districts were rank and categorized based on their calculated vulnerability indices.

Significant results brought out as a part of the project

District level vulnerability maps of Mizoram were generated for vulnerability ranking and vulnerability categories. The drivers of vulnerability were identified for the current scenario. The results of the assessment were compiled and published in a booklet form entitled “District Level Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Mizoram: Agriculture Sector” on 31st July 2020.

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