Hyderabad-based National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has launched a training programme of Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change (SLACC).
The program aims to help rural poor farm-based households adapt to climate change and sustain their livelihoods.
It has been launched under the National Rural Livelihood Mission.
638 drought and flood-prone villages of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar are being covered under the scheme on a pilot basis.