Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Objective:
The mega project has three major objectives of
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strategic research,
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technology demonstrations and
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capacity building
Its aims to make farmers self-reliant by use of climate resilient agricultural technologies and management of natural and manmade resources for sustaining agriculture in the era of climate change.
Scheme:
It has four components:
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Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation,
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Technology demonstration to cope with current climate variability in 100 vulnerable districts,
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Capacity Building
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Sponsored competitive research to fill critical gaps.
Factual Information:
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Launched in 2011
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Launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research