Senior Manager
Partha Ghosh is a Senior Manager at MSC’s climate change & sustainability practice. He is an expert in green finance, climate-risk management for financial institutions, valuation and due diligence of financial institutions, agriculture finance, and MSME financing, with over 13 years of experience in banking, consulting, and microfinance. He has worked in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea.
The impact of climate change on farmers in Bihar and how farmer producer organizations can help them adapt
In Bihar’s Buxar district, farmers struggle to cope with the changing climatic conditions and adapt to them. Significant annual variation in rainfall and temperature erodes farmers’ adaptive capacities. Farmer producers organizations (FPOs) could play a central role to promote and facilitate farmers’ adaptation to climate change—but they need improved incentives and support.
May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023
Seven factors that determine the resilience and adaptive ability of smallholder farmers in Bihar
Smallholder farmers in the flood-prone state of Bihar need capital and support from system-level actors to increase their climate resilience. This blog identifies seven critical factors that can enable the building of climate resilience and adaptive strategies of smallholder farmers.
May 24, 2023
The impact of climate change and coping strategies adopted by smallholder farmers in Bihar
Smallholder farmers in Bihar face seasonal flooding, increasing heat, and variable rainfall, which hurt their crops, livelihoods, and health. Farmers in Muzaffarpur and Khagaria, two climate-vulnerable districts, use a range of coping and adaptation strategies in response to such increasing climate hazards. Read on to explore these in detail.
May 24, 2023
Traits of resilient and vulnerable smallholder farmers
Smallholder farmers are vulnerable to climate change in many different ways. We analyzed the lives and livelihoods of different types of farmers to assess how individuals and families either succeed to or fail to adapt to climate change and environmental stresses. We look at the role financial services, education, gender roles and responsibilities, and social norms play to determine resilience to climate change.
May 24, 2023
Enhancing resilience of smallholder farmers against climate change—can parametric agricultural insurance make a difference?
Parametric insurance solutions can offer smallholder farmers in developing countries an accessible, reliable, and affordable way to protect themselves. A multi-stakeholder approach is needed to make these solutions work for smallholder farmers, supported by catalytic capital for their development and scale-up.
May 24, 2023
Democratising Financial Services
In addition to Aadhaar, the India Stack is likely to transform payments, financial services and consumer protection in India.
Apr 12, 2016
Puneet Chopra, Paresh Rajde, Vivek Anand, Samveet Sahoo and Partha Ghosh
Apr 12, 2016
Puneet Chopra, Paresh Rajde, Vivek Anand, Samveet Sahoo and Partha Ghosh