National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture AICRPAM Component

Abstract

India is becoming more vulnerable to climate change as major proportion of population depends on agriculture and allied sectors. Depending on the magnitude and distribution of warming, climate change projections for the mid-term (2012-2039) period for India indicated a 4.5 to 9% yield reductions which may roughly amounts to 1.5% of GDP per year. Realizing the impact of climate change, the Government of India has prioritized the climate change research and a major project “National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)” has been initiated in 2010-2011 with the following objectives: To enhance the resilience of Indian agriculture covering crops, livestock and fisheries to climatic variability and climate change through development and application of improved production and risk management technologies To demonstrate site specific technology packages on farmers’ fields for adapting to current climate risks To enhance the capacity building ofscientists and otherstakeholdersin climate resilient agricultural research and its application.