Abstract
This new collective work examines various public policy instruments and public action initiatives on the adaptation of agriculture to increased climate variability and in particular drought in the semi-arid Brazilian Northeast. The book brings together twelve contributions from professors and scholars members of two networks: Rede Franco-Brasileira para o desenvolvimento sustentável do Nordeste (ReFBN) and PP-AL Network (ReFBN) and the Public Policy and Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean network (PP-AL - https://www.pp-al.org/en). Ten public action instruments or mechanisms for agricultural adaptation to drought are considered. These actions and public policies, developed from the state or federal levels, are the following: Adapta Araripe, PRONAF and Agroamigo credit for family agriculture, Garantia Safra, Cisternas 2ª Agua of the MDS, local seed programs in Ceara, policies of agroecology, advice to producers, university extension in Pernambuco, state policies of agroecology and organic production (PEAPO) in the states of Sergipe and Bahia. A transversal chapter of characterization of these policies and devices is proposed with regard to the governance of the collective action and the instruments of adaptation of agriculture to the climate change.