National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture

1. National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture Strategies for Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change Department of Agriculture and Cooperation Ministry of Agriculture Govt. of India

2. Climate change is no more an environmental concern. It has emerged as the biggest developmental challenge for the planet. ( UNDP 2009)

3. Most Vulnerable Grids in India India's economy closely tied to its natural resource base and may face a major threat because of the projected changes in climate Vulnerable grids (marked red) (2035 and 2085)

4. Interplay • Food System • Farm or Cropping System • Climatic Variability and Extreme Events • Crop and Livestock Risks Agriculture sector being closely tied to natural resource base is more vulnerable to climate change (NAPCC)

5. Risks on Agriculture Agrarian Distress

6. Risks From Agriculture • 17.6% of total GHG is from Agriculture • 63.4% contributed by Livestocks and 20.9% by Rice Cultivation Million Tonnes of CO2 Equivalent Source: MoEF, 2010

7. Climate Change Projections • Climatic Variability and Extreme Events • Temperature Rise: 0.2 degree Centigrade per decade • Mean Summer Rainfall to increase • Frequent and Longer dry spells • Shorter but Heavier Precipitation Events • Hot Extremes, Heat Waves to be more common • Contraction of Snow Cover • Rise in Sea Levels • Degradation of Natural Resources (Land/Water/Bio- diversity) IPCC-2007

8. Projected Impacts • Increase in CO2to 550 ppm increases yields of rice, wheat, legumes and oilseeds by 10-20%. • 1 degree C increase in temperature may reduce yields of wheat, soybean, mustard, groundnut, and potato by 3-7%. Much higher losses at higher temperatures. • Productivity of most crops to decrease only marginally by 2020 but by 10-40% by 2100. • Possibly some improvement in yields of chickpea, rabi maize, sorghum and millets; and coconut in west coast. • Less loss in potato, mustard and vegetables in north-western India due to reduced frost damage.

9. Projected Impacts • Increased droughts and floods are likely to increase production variability • Considerable effect on microbes, pathogens, and insects • Increasing sea and river water temperatures are likely to affect fish breeding, migration, and harvests • Increased water, shelter, and energy requirement for livestock • Animal distress due to heat; effects on reproduction • Imbalance in food trade due to positive impacts on Europe and North America, and negative impacts on us

10. Mandate of NMSA To transform agriculture into an ecologically sustainable climate resilient production system by devising appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies for ensuring food security, equitable access to food resources, enhancing livelihood opportunities and contributing to economic stability at the national level.

11. National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture • National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) is one of the eight Missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC); • NMSA was accorded in principle approval by PM Council on Climate Change (PMCCC) in Sept-2010; • NMSA identifies 10 dimensions encompassing whole agriculture sector with 17 deliverables • NMSA Programmatic Intervention caters to 3-4 Dimensions covering 5 deliverables • XII Plan proposal was considered by EFC on 20.08.2013 and approved by CCEA on 07.11.2013 • Mission made operational from 1st April, 2014

12. Infrastructure • Capacity Building • Approach • Technology, Products and Practices • Research and Development Functional Areas Dimensions

13. Mapping Of Deliverables

14. Cont…

15. NMSA (as Programmatic Intervention) Institutional Coordination

16. NMSA – Restructured Subsumed Schemes Interventions have been drawn from the following ongoing Schemes/Missions of DAC • Rainfed Area Development Programme (RADP) – (Sub-scheme of RKVY) • National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) • National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) • National Project on Management of Soil Health & Fertility (NPMSH&F) • Soil and Land Use Survey of India (SLUSI)

17. NMSA Objectives • To make agriculture productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient; • To adopt comprehensive soil health management practices based on soil fertility status; • To optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management; • To conserve on-farm resources through appropriate resource conservation technologies; • To develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders in the domain of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures; • To pilot models in select blocks by mainstreaming rainfed technologies and leveraging resources ; • To establish an effective inter and intra Departmental/Ministerial co-ordination for accomplishing key deliverables of NMSA

18. Mission Components • Rainfed Area Development(RAD) • On Farm Water Management(OFWM) • Soil Health Management (SHM) • Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture -Monitoring, Modelling & Networking (CCSAMMN) • Management (State & Central)

19. Rainfed Area Development

20. Soil Health Management

21. On-farm Water Management

22. CCSA – Monitoring, Modeling & Networking

23. STRATEGIES • Promoting effective management of available water resources and enhancing water use efficiency through application of technologies coupled with demand and supply side management solutions. • Promoting integrated farming system covering crops, livestock & fishery, plantation and pasture based composite farming for enhancing livelihood opportunities, ensuring food security and minimizing risks from crop failure through supplementary/ residual production systems. • Dissemination and adoption of rainfed technologies with greater reach in disadvantaged areas and leveraging resources from other schemes/Missions for integrated development. • Popularizing resource conservation technologies (both on-farm and off-farm) and introducing practices that will support mitigation efforts in times of extreme climatic events or disasters like prolonged dry spells, floods etc. • Creating database on soil resources through land use survey, soil profile study and soil analysis to facilitate adoption of location and soil-specific crop management practices & optimize fertilizer use. • Involving knowledge institutions and professionals in developing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for specific agro climatic situations and promoting them through appropriate farming systems. • Establishing platform to liaison, review and coordinate implementation of interventions outlined in Mission Document of NMSA under aegis of National Action Plan on Climate Change

24. Mission Components • Rainfed Area Development(RAD) • On Farm Water Management(OFWM) • Soil Health Management (SHM) • Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture -Monitoring, Modelling & Networking (CCSAMMN) • Management (State & Central)

25. New Activities proposed • Resource Conservation Technologies • Last mile connectivity - energization • Portable soil testing kit • Data bank on balanced use of fertilizer • Organic village/cluster and participatory organic certification • Reclamation of problem soil • Conservation & management of Non Timber Forest Produce • Bio/organic fertilizer quality control lab • Secondary storage structure • Drainage development of waterlogged areas

26. Rainfed Area Development

27. Soil Health Management

28. On-farm Water Management

29. CCSA – Monitoring, Modeling & Networking

30. CONVERGENCE • Water sources developed under IWMP & NREGA would be utilised for IFS and Micro irrigation • PRI will be associated in identification of cluster, activities and beneficiary • Linkage of R&D organisation through Standing Tech. Committee • Cropping System supported through NFSM & NMOOP will be integrated with livestock/fishery/plantation/pasture/small processing unit • NMAET will be linked in the context of improved inputs, mechanization, extension and information support. • Model pilot blocks will mainstream rainfed technologies by leveraging resources from other State/Central programmes/schemes • Provisions of RKVY to supplement NMSA components

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