Scaling Success

This report provides a framework for policy makers, practitioners, and funding agencies to identify and scale adaptation good practices in the rainfed agricultural regions of India, moving beyond small-scale pilot projects to achieve broader impact and policy reform.

• Scaling adaptation requires a shift from small, one-off pilot projects to larger activities that inform policy and benefit more people. This process must begin at the project design phase with dedicated financial and human resources.
• Successful scaling depends on several critical enabling conditions: coordination and knowledge sharing among multiple actors across landscapes, and active community participation and ownership throughout the design, implementation, and reporting phases.
• In India's rainfed agricultural areas, which rely on monsoon rains, adaptation is urgent because climate change is projected to cause significant yield decreases and a loss in farm-level net revenue between 9 percent and 25 percent in the South Asia region.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Scaling Success. https://www.wri.org/research/scaling-success

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Scaling Success. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/scaling-success.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendscaling, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Scaling Success}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/scaling-success}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }