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GOING FORWARD BEST PRACTICES
• The next phase of programmes will aim at deepening • Strengthening Community Institutions: One of the
initiatives with Climate-Smart Agriculture Livelihoods, major focus areas of all the programmes is to strengthen
wherein the focus would be on: a) fostering crop and the Apex Level Community Institutions such as Farmer
varietal diversity; b) building the value chain systems Producer Companies (FPCs) or Cluster Level
through the Farmer Producer Companies through seed Federations (CLFs), and ensure their financial
production systems; c) reducing drudgery for women self-sustenance so that they can provide necessary
farmers through customised equipment made available services (inputs, marketing linkages, extensions) to their
by custom hiring centeres, and d) promoting shareholders. Hence, emphasis is laid on handholding
conservation or regenerative agriculture approaches with the community institutions and strengthening their
a focus on soil health. governance systems.
• Livestock will continue to be a key • Adoption of new technology
and practices: The livestock
livelihood diversification strategy
programmes supported by the
for small and marginal farmers to
Trusts focus on adopting best
reduce vulnerability and will be
practices on low-cost shed
integral to ensuring food security,
management, improved nutritious
dietary diversity and a proven
feed, health cover for livestock,
method to address malnutrition.
etc. New programmes have
initiated a climate risk reduction
• Two Centres of Excellence (CoE)
framework by mitigating
will be operationalised and will
methane generated by
extend their knowledge to
livestock. Further, digital technologies for data
relevant stakeholders of the sector and handhold them
recording, particularly for breeding animals, is also a
from time to time to assist in developing strong new area being explored. In agriculture, pilots on
community institutions. solar-powered small Hydroponics Fodder units in
Karnataka have performed encouragingly. Results show a
faster weight gain rate as compared to traditional
practices. Plans are underway to replicate this across
other states.
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