Amid various climate-related issues, Haryana govt comes up with action plan for promoting Climate Smart Agriculture

NewsBharati    06-Nov-2017
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Chandigarh, November 6: While all climate-related issues are growing up day by day, Haryana government has prepared an action plan of Rs 22 crore for promoting climate-smart agriculture in the State. The plan will get fund from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) out of the ‘National Adoption Fund for Climate Change.

Community mobilization, technology intervention, use of ICT for information dissemination along with the provision of high-quality agriculture inputs in 100 selected climate-smart villages in the state are the key strategy of an entire action plan.

With the changing weather and various socio-climatic changes, farmers need to adopt wit new practices. Hence steps were being taken by the department for making the farmers aware of the climate-smart practices for adoption and mitigation through community mobilization and extension activity.

Automated Weather Stations will be established in the state to save crops by receiving latest weather information. This will prevent loss of crops due to various weather issues as farmers will be able to receive latest weather information.

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