Maha Govt soon to set up village climate resilent committee for adopting different agricultural practices

Mumbai, November 9: In order to bring 5,000 villages of 15 districts in Maharashtra focused on the ‘climate resilience’ the state government will soon constitute a committee to monitor the climate situation of the villages. A 13-member committee will be set up in all these villages to stress on adopting new agricultural practices, judicious use of water and soil testing to keep a check on its health, as per the GR. 

As per a Government Resolution (GR) issued on Wednesday, under the Nanaji Deshmukh Krushi Sanjivanee Project, Village Climate Resilient Agriculture Management Committees (VCRMCs) would be set up at a cost of Rs 4,000 Crore. The project would be funded by the World Bank, said the GR.

It also said that 4,210 villages in the state are most vulnerable to climate change hence, they have been selected for the project. Besides, 932 villages facing the challenge of salinity of water are also included in the project. The selected villages are mostly from Marathwada and Vidarbha regions and Nashik revenue division.

The project recommends use of seed technology, precision farming along with diversification of agriculture to coarse grains, an official from the state agriculture department said. With 82% of the state’s cultivable area falling under dry farming coupled with consecutive drought, the state government has now decided to push for this project, he added.