Feed The Future - India Triangular Training International Training on “Climate Smart Agriculture”

Abstract

The 37th Feed The Future-India Triangular Training (FTF-ITT) on “Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)” is being organized during 20th August - 3rd September 2019. The program is sponsored by USAID representing United States and is being implemented jointly by National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) and Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute (WALAMTARI). The main objective of the program is to address human and institutional capacity gaps in Agriculture and allied sectors to achieve food and nutritional security, in twenty selected African (Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda) and Asian (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka) countries. Weather continues to play a dominant role in agricultural production despite many technological advances made besides extreme events like drought, cyclone, hailstorm, unseasonal rain, heat/cold waves etc. Climate Smart Agriculture is nothing but the approach for developing agricultural strategies to secure sustainable food security under climate change. It is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate. CSA aims to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; adapting and building resilience to climate change; and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions, where possible. Therefore, in this training program, the main focus will be to apprise the participants about the current aspects of CSA, especially in the Indian perspectives. This compendium is a compilation of lectures pertaining to agro-climatological applications, real-time contingency plans, on-field soil and water management measures, efficient crops and cropping systems, water harvesting measures, farmers’ practices and Indian success stories etc. for practicing Climate Smart Agriculture. The lectures include practical experiences of ICAR-CRIDA, MANAGE and WALAMTARI. We believe that the information provided in this book will be useful for researchers, academicians, extension personnel and policy makers interested in Climate Smart Agriculture.