Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate Smart Agriculture is an initiative to transform farming practices, support development and practices that affect food security.Climate smart agriculture is also the process of managing land, cropland, livestock, forests and fisheries in an integrated manner. Climate smart agriculture talks about integrating three types of approaches. Among these objectives, the first objective is increased productivity, the second is to promote resilience and the third is to reduce the emission of green house gases.
This farming system is beneficial for land,agricultural cost, product transportation,market, economy, farmer and the whole environment. Climate smart agriculture increases the fertility of the land, increasing the productivity of crops.Reduced dependence on chemical fertilizers leads to cost reduction. The next advantage is that the irrigation interval is increased. The quality of the land improves. The water holding capacity of the land increases. There is less evaporation of water from the land. Its other benefits include increase in Bhima water level, reduction in pollution through water in soil, food items and land, proper utilization of waste, reduction in the cost of crop production and increase in the income of farmers etc. Are included. Under Climate Smart Agriculture, by growing crops locally and ensuring availability from the same market, the transportation cost is reduced and the cost of the product does not increase.Another feature of climate smart agriculture is that it incorporates adaptation and mitigation together to develop a farming system for food security.This can prove helpful in increasing food security. Climate Smart Agriculture helps farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change. Studies were conducted in different regions of the world by FAO, UN and other organizations to assess the benefits and impacts of climate smart agriculture.
It is worth mentioning that the important efforts being made by the Government of India are Soil Health Card, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana,Neem Coated Urea, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Vikas Yojana, etc.
Apart from this, the total land area of India is divided into twenty Agro Ecological Regions. Its purpose is to sow appropriate crops according to the type of soil of each Ecological Region, its temperature,precipitation etc. so that the yield is also good and the fertility of the soil is also maintained.However, with the individual efforts of the government and the people, we are moving towards sustainable agriculture and climate smart agriculture. But there is still a need to reduce emissions from agriculture. At the same time,providing food security for the growing population of the country is no less than a challenge.way ahead In fact, more efforts are needed by the Government of India in favor of the agriculture sector and farmers, such as growing soil suitable cereals at the local level, use of fertilizers in proper proportion to maintain the quality of the soil, chemical pesticides. low use of electricity, development of a market atthe local level by the government to reduce emissions and cost of transportation Environment friendly schemes like Kusum project can also prove to be effective in this direction.Apart from this, it is necessary to follow different techniques of irrigation, such as deep irrigation method, sprinkler method etc. Water management is one of the most important pillars for climate smart agriculture. Also, land management is also a necessary condition for climate smart agriculture.
