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The National Agroforestry Policy of India is a comprehensive policy framework designed to improve agricultural livelihoods by maximizing agricultural productivity for mitigating climate change. The Government of India launched the policy in February 2014 during the World Congress on Agroforestry, held in Delhi . [ 1 ]
National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) was launched during February 2011 [1] by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with the funding from the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. The mega project has three major objectives of strategic research, technology demonstrations and capacity building.
Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
India has fifth lowest energy efficiency in the world, and has a poor ratio of GDP to energy consumption. NMEEE addresses sustainable economic growth and a reduction in energy and carbon intensity. NMEEE has four components: Perform, Achieve, Trade (PAT) Energy Efficiency Financing Platform; Market Transformation For Energy Efficiency (MTEE)
The 1950s to 1990s was when the government switched its stance on agriculture policy which halted sustainable agriculture. The Agricultural Act of 1954 passed which supported farmers with flexible price supports, but only to commodity programs. [195]
In the 1960s, India saw food shortages such as the Bihar famine of 1966–1967, resulting from droughts and war. [18] During the prime years of the green revolution in India in that decade, a number of agriculture policy strategies were mooted including a government price policy for food grains.
With a growing population and increasing demand for food, the necessity of water for agricultural productivity is crucial. India faces the daunting task of increasing its food production by over 50 percent in the next two decades, and reaching towards the goal of sustainable agriculture requires a crucial role of water. Empirical evidence ...
This sub-mission is under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), an umbrella scheme under National Action Plan for Climate Change. India was the first country to have such a comprehensive policy which was launched at the World Agroforestry Congress held in Delhi in February 2014.