Highlights of the scheme

  • Critical assessment of different crops/zones in the country for vulnerability to climatic stresses and extreme events, in particular, intra seasonal variability of rainfall
  • Installation of the state-of-the-art equipment like flux towers for measurement of greenhouse gases in large field areas to understand the impact of management practices and contribute data on emissions as national responsibility.
  • Special attention to livestock and fishery sectors including aquaculture which have not received enough attention in climate change research in the past.
  • Thorough understanding of crop-pest/pathogen relationship and emergence of new biotypes due to climate change.
  • Simultaneous up-scaling of the outputs both through KVKs and the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture for wider adoption by the farmers.
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