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Transforming Barren land with tree planting
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With the effort of planting 1 lakh trees, the Village of Sirkot, Uttarakhand's Barren land has been transformed into a Green zone.
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Carbon credit to Dairy Farmers
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This project aims to provide payments to Dairy Farmers for their carbon management initiatives. This ensures reduced emissions on ongoing agri activities.
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Save Dwarka Forest
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Save Dwarka forest is an environmental campaign on social media carried on to protest against cutting of trees in vicinity of Dwarka, India.
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Van Mitra scheme
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The Van Mitra scheme is an initiative to gather people and motivate them to Plant Trees around their localities. It is to improve the overall greenery of the regions.
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Trees Outside Forests in India
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The aim is to increase the greenery around the regions of Rajasthan. It involves addition of trees by garnering the support of Farmers, public and Private institutions.
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Carbon Management Programme
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Under this, Farmers will be granted credit from the Government to manage their farming activities that promote reduction of carbon footprint
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Project: National Agricultural Higher Education Project
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The National Agricultural Higher Education Project for India aims to enhance the quality and relevance of agricultural education provided by participating agricultural universities (AUs) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Here’s an overview of its three components:
1. Support to Agricultural Universities: To promote agricultural education and research capabilities at AUs to drive agricultural transformation.
Provide financial support for investments in infrastructure, equipment, training, and consultancy services. This component includes:
- Support to AUs: Competitive funding to improve educational and research facilities.
- Centers for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST): Establishing specialized centers to promote advanced agricultural science and technology.
- ICAR Innovation Grants to AUs: Funding innovation projects to foster new approaches in agricultural education and research.
2. Investment in ICAR Leadership in Agricultural Higher Education:
Reforming ICAR to enhance its role in coordinating, guiding, and managing agricultural higher education. Implementing institutional reforms within ICAR to improve its effectiveness in overseeing and coordinating agricultural education across AUs and stakeholders.
3. Project Management and Learning: Establish and maintain a Project Implementation Unit (PIU), Steering Committee, Technical Committee, and Monitoring and Evaluation Cell. Provide training to ICAR and AUs on improving educational quality, relevance, and effectiveness. Finance dissemination and communication efforts to share project outcomes and best practices.
Through these components, the project seeks to elevate the standards of agricultural higher education in India, equip AUs with modern infrastructure and capabilities, and enhance ICAR’s leadership in guiding and managing agricultural education reforms nationwide.
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- Created about 7 months ago
Project: Odisha Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture
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The Odisha Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture in India aims to boost agricultural production and enhance climate resilience in selected districts of Odisha. The project has five main components:
1. Climate-Smart Intensification and Diversification of Production: Increase production, help farmers adapt to climate change, and diversify crops, especially in the Rabi season.
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- Support to Improved Productivity and Climate Resilience: Fund Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies to boost productivity, improve resilience to climate shocks, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Support to Aquaculture Production: Utilize improved water resources from irrigation upgrades to support climate-resilient aquaculture.
- Support to Diversification and Produce Marketing: Help farmers shift from food grains to high-value crops like fruits and vegetables, and improve produce marketing to reduce price risks, increase incomes, and ensure sustained adoption of CSA practices.
2. Improving Access to Irrigation and Water Productivity: Enhance irrigation reliability and water storage to improve crop productivity, build climate resilience, and promote market access.
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- Support to Water Sector Reforms: Implement necessary reforms in the water sector
- Support to Investments in Cascades: Invest in hydraulic infrastructure in selected cascades.
3. Institutional Capacity Strengthening: Strengthen the capacity of various government departments to deliver agricultural services effectively.
4. Project Management: Manage project coordination and activities at the state and district levels, including planning, financial management, procurement, human resources, monitoring and evaluation, communication, citizen engagement, and grievance redress mechanisms.
5. Contingent Emergency Response: Provide funding for eligible expenditures in case of crises or emergencies, such as natural disasters or severe economic shocks.
By focusing on these components, the project aims to create a more resilient agricultural sector in Odisha, benefiting farmers and the broader community.
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Project: Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development Project
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The Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development Project (REWARD) in India aims to help national and state institutions improve watershed management. This will make farming more resilient and support agricultural value chains in selected areas. The project has two main goals:
1. Strengthening Institutions and Policies: This goal focuses on enhancing the capabilities of institutions and creating supportive policies for better watershed management. It involves:
- Training and Capacity Building: Providing education and resources to national and state institutions to improve their skills and knowledge in watershed management.
- Policy Development: Creating and implementing policies that support sustainable watershed practices and encourage their adoption at various levels of government.
- Institutional Support: Strengthening the organizational structures and processes within institutions to ensure effective and coordinated watershed management.
2. Science-Based Watershed Development: This goal emphasizes using scientific methods to improve watershed resilience to climate change and enhance farmers' livelihoods. It includes:
- Research and Innovation: Conducting scientific research to develop and implement innovative watershed management techniques.
- Climate Resilience: Implementing practices that help watersheds withstand the impacts of climate change, ensuring water availability and soil health.
- Livelihood Enhancement: Supporting farmers in adopting improved practices that increase productivity and income, thereby improving their overall quality of life.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Continuously assessing the effectiveness of watershed management practices to make data-driven improvements and share successful strategies.
By achieving these goals, the REWARD project aims to create a sustainable and resilient agricultural environment, benefiting both the farmers and the broader ecosystem.
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Project : AP Integrated Irrigation & Agriculture Transformation Project
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The Andhra Pradesh Integrated Irrigation and Agriculture Transformation Project aims to enhance agricultural productivity, profitability, and climate resilience for smallholder farmers in selected districts of Andhra Pradesh.
The project has four components:
1. Improving Irrigated Agriculture Efficiency: This component focuses on increasing water security for individual farms to prevent climate variability risks. It includes:
- Strengthening Water User Associations (WUAs).
- Rehabilitating and modernising small-scale community-based irrigation systems.
- Improving water productivity and efficiency.
2. Promoting Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: This component aims to boost on-farm productivity and enhance farmers' resilience to climate change. It includes:
- Supporting climate-smart crop production and diversification.
- Supporting climate-smart aquaculture.
3. Post-harvest Management, Market, and Agribusiness Promotion: This component seeks to increase farmers' profitability by improving market access and enhancing their capacity to add value to their produce.
4. Project Management and Capacity Building: This component supports operational costs, monitoring and evaluation, impact assessments, financial management, communication, technical assistance, and special thematic studies.
Overall, the project aims to transform irrigation and agriculture in Andhra Pradesh, making them more efficient, productive, and resilient to climate change.
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Project : Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project
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The Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project aims to enhance productivity and climate resilience of irrigated agriculture, improve water management, and boost market opportunities for farmers in selected areas of Tamil Nadu.
The project has four components:
1. Irrigation and Water Management: This focuses on comprehensive irrigation and water management, including institutional strengthening, modernizing the irrigation systems, participatory irrigation management, and improved service delivery.
2. Agriculture Productivity and enhancement : This includes agriculture intensification and diversification, alternative livelihoods through livestock and inland fisheries, and agriculture marketing, value addition, and postharvest management.
3. Project Management Support: This component finances the establishment and operations of the project management unit, monitoring and evaluation systems, staffing, consultancies, training, office equipment, and operational costs.
4. Contingency Response: This zero-cost component provides immediate response funding for eligible crises or emergencies as declared by government authorities and requested by the Government of Tamil Nadu to the World Bank.
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Project : Maharashtra Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture
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The Maharashtra Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture aims to enhance the climate resilience and profitability of smallholder farming systems in selected districts of Maharashtra.
The project has four components:
1. Promoting Climate-Resilient Agricultural Systems: This component focuses on strengthening the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers to better cope with climate events. And promote climate resilient farming practices.
2. Post-Harvest Management and Value Chain Promotion: This component aims to support smallholder farmers in forming Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and integrating these FPOs into value chains for climate-resilient crops. It also seeks to strengthen the supply chain for these crop varieties.
3. Institutional Development, Knowledge, and Policies for Climate-Resilient Agriculture: This component aims to enhance the capacity of institutions and stakeholders to promote climate-resilient agriculture. It involves developing sector strategies and policies based on advanced climate, water, and crop modeling.
4. Project Management: This component covers the activities of the Project Management Unit (PMU) established by the Government of Maharashtra during the project's preparation phase.
Overall, the project aims to transform agriculture in Maharashtra to be more climate-resilient and profitable for smallholder farmers.
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Bhoomi Raksha
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Clean Mitti Group
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Local Gardening
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Soil saving Challenges
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Soil health testing
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Soil saving lifestyle actions
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Saving natural biodiversity
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Erosion control
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Mulching
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No chemical agriculture
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Tree planting group
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Biodegradable products
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Soil care
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Fun Soil Saving activities
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