National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) Contents 1. Preface 2. Key Features 3. Relevance of NICRA to Kinnaur 4. Selection Criteria of NICRA Village 5. Components of Project 6. 7. Achievements • Natural Resource Management • Crop Production
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National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)
Contents
1. Preface
2. Key Features
3. Relevance of NICRA to Kinnaur
4. Selection Criteria of NICRA Village
5. Components of Project
6. 7. Achievements
• Natural Resource Management
• Crop Production
• Livestock
• Institutional Interventions
• Capacity Building
8. Publications under NICRA Project
District Kinnaur
Kinnaur, a mountainous district situated in Trans Himalayan zone of Himalayas is having
high mountain ranges.
The district has unique climatic conditions. Winters are severe with heavy snowfall
causing Glaciers and Avalanches. Summers are mild with rainy season in most of the Kalpa
and Nichar Sub-Divisions of the district. Pooh Sub-Division of this district forms part
of ‘Indian Cold Desert’ and receives scanty rainfall as it falls in rain-shadow zone of
Himalayas.
The unique Geomorphologic and Climatic conditions of the District make it vulnerable to
various kinds of natural disasters.
The disasters, which generally occur in this district, are: Earthquakes, floods, Landslides,
forest fires, domestic fires, wind storm, drought, road accidents, and avalanches etc.
Preface
The Project entitled ‘National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture’ (NICRA) is a
network project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched in
launched in February 2011 by the Hon’ble Union minister for Agriculture & Food
Processing Industries Shri Sharad Pawarji aims to enhance the resilience of Indian
agriculture to climate change and climate vulnerability. The Project covers the four
components viz. Strategic Research, Technology Demonstration, Capacity Building and
Sponsored/Competitive Grants. The research covers crops, livestock, fisheries and
natural resource management. The present context in Strategic Research, Technology
Demonstration, Capacity Building and Sponsored/Competitive Grants, covers Crop
management, Live Stock Management and Natural resource management in District
Kinnaur. For this purpose Village Telangi in District Kinnaur has been selected in which the
farmers of 100 selected house holds made a good emphasis for the completion of the
project.
The Kinnaur, a mountainous district situated in Trans Himalayan zone of Himalayas is
having high mountain ranges. The district has unique climatic conditions. Winters are
severe with heavy snowfall causing Glaciers and Avalanches. Summers are mild with rainy
season in most of the Kalpa and Nichar Sub-Divisions of the district. Pooh Sub-Division of
this district forms part of ‘Indian Cold Desert’ and receives scanty precipitation as it
falls in rain-shadow zone of Himalayas.
The unique Geomorphologic and Climatic conditions of the District make it vulnerable to
various kinds of natural disasters.
The disasters, which generally occur in this district, are: Earthquakes, floods, Landslides,
forest fires, domestic fires, wind storm, drought, road accidents, and avalanches etc.
Key Features
▪ 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
green house gases in large field areas to understand the impact of management
practices and contribute data on emissions as national responsibility.
▪ Rapid and large scale screening of crop germplasm including wild relatives for
drought and heat tolerance through phenomics platforms for quick identification of
promising lines and early development and release of heat/drought tolerant
varieties.
▪ Comprehensive field evaluation of new and emerging approaches of paddy
cultivation like aerobic rice and SRI for their contribution to reduce the GHG
emissions and water saving.
▪ Special attention to livestock and fishery sectors including aquaculture which have
not received enough attention in climate change research in the past. In particular,
the documentation of adaptive traits in indigenous breeds is the most useful step.
▪ 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
Project Details
Objectives
▪ To enhance the resilience of Indian agriculture covering crops, livestock and
fisheries to climatic variability and climate change through development and
application of improved production and risk management technologies.
▪ To demonstrate site specific technology packages on farmers’ fields for adapting
to current climate risks.
▪ To enhance the capacity of scientists and other stakeholders in climate resilient
agricultural research and its application.
Output
▪ Selection of promising crop genotypes and livestock breeds with greater tolerance
to climatic stress.
▪ Existing best bet practices for climate resilience demonstrated in 100 vulnerable
districts.
▪ Infrastructure at key research institutes for climatic change research
strengthened.
▪ Adequately trained scientific man power to take up climate change research in the
country and empowered farmers to cope with climate variability.
Strategic Research
Adaptation to climate variability and climate change requires long term strategic research
in the area of Natural Resource Management, Crops, Pests and disease dynamics,
Livestock, Fisheries & Energy Efficiency. Focused programmes are taken up on different
commodities on adaptation and mitigation. A detailed assessment on vulnerability of
different agro-climatic zones of the country is also planned. The key activities along with
institutional and commodity wise responsibilities are described in the following table.
1. Location specific intercropping systems with high sustainable yield index:
Seed of recommended variety of rajmash was provided to the farmers along with method of line sowing and other scientific know-how to
assess the impact on yield.
2. Steep slope orcharding:
Technology demonstration on scientific training and pruning of apple orchards to enhance quality fruit production was provided to the farmers
of the village.
3. Pollination management:
Around 100 ha area was geographically positioned at 150 sites with GPS record to place honey bee colonies for pollination management
in apple crop.
4. Nursery production:
Five thousand apple seedlings have been provided to two nursery growers. These seedlings will be grafted with commercial varieties during
March 2017.
5. Traditional Climate resilient minor millets:
Local varieties of climate resilient minor millet buckwheat (Fagopyrum tatricum) from Sangla valley of Kinnaur were compared for yield
performance following line sowing and broadcasting.
Honey bee Intercropping apple with rajmash
Line sowing of Rajmash
Training and pruning of temperate fruit Cultivation of buckwheat
Grafting of fruit nurseries Farmers trained on bee keeping aspect
Module-2: Livestock & Fisheries
Interventions Technol
ogy
demonst
rated
Critical
input
(Variet
y,
Fertiliz
er /
Chemic
als
doses,)
No.
of
far
mer
s
Unit/
No. /
Area
(ha)
Measurable
indicators of
output*
%
increas
e
Economics of demonstration
(Rs./ha)
Economics of demonstration (Rs./ha)
Demo Local Gross
Cost
Gross
Return
Net
Return
BCR Gross
Cost
Gross
Return
Net
Return
BCR
Vaccination Vaccinati
on for
FMD
- - 392
cows
Milk-
675L
FYM-
6 Q
Milk-
337.5
L
FYM-
4.5 Q
100 18500 24000 5500 1.30 12025 12600 575 1.05
Backyard poultry Chicks of
improved
breed
- 05 20
chicks
each
Egg-
140/ hen
- - 640 1400 760 2.19 - - - -
Introduction of
improved sheep
breed for wool
production
Improved
breed
Hogget 11 04 Four male of the improved were provided through the department of Animal Husbandry, Kinnaur (HP) in May 2015.
One hogget died after falling from the hill. The result of the progeny will come after one year.
Vaccination against FMD:
Vaccination of 416 sheep & goats and 392 cows was done during March 2016. Vaccination of an animal costs just Rs.7.16 whereas to treat an ailing
animal requires Rs. 1000/-. Milk production is reduced to half in infected milch animal. No disease infection was recorded amongst the vaccinated animals.
Backyard poultry:
Twenty chicks each of improved breed were provided to four farmers in the NICRA village to start backyard poultry. On an average a hen yielded 140
eggs during 7 months period. There has been no increase in the number of chicks.
Introduction of improved sheep breed:
Improved males of sheep breed Russian Merino were introduced for improvement of the existing sheep breed in the NICRA village for higher and
quality wool production. Out of the four males provided, one has died and the remaining three are in developmental stage and hence the result of the progeny
will come after one year.
Backyard poultry
Introduction of improved sheep breed for wool production
Module-3: Institutional Interventions
Interventions
Details of activity Critical input (Breed /
Variety / Medicine
doses,)
No. of
farmers
Unit / No. / Area (ha)
Name of crops /
Commodity
groups /
Implements
Quantity /
Number /
Rent /
Charges
Technology used
in seed / fodder
bank & function
of groups
Custom hiring
centre
Generator - - - - -
Pruning secateurs 1 @ Rs. 20 - - 01 0.08 ha
Grafting knife 1 @ Rs. 30 - - 01 300 No. grafts
Power weeder 1 @ Rs. 300/- - - 01 0.32 ha
Power Sprayer 1 @ Rs. 300/- - - 01 0.56 ha
Chain Saw 1 @ Rs. 300/- - - 02 0.48
Revenue generated from Custom Hiring and farmers share for interventions: Rs. 55190/-
Power sprayer
Budding/grafting knife
Sheep wool shearing machine
Chain saw cutter
Tools available with VCRMC Telangi
Module-4: Capacity Building (HRD)
Thematic area Title of training No. of
Courses
No. of beneficiaries Date
Male Female
Integrated crop
management
One day training camp on INM, pre-mature leaf fall and mite management
in apple
01 06 08 19/06/2015
Live stock
management
One day training programme on poultry management 01 04 01 30/07/2015
Integrated pest
management
Training programme on pest management in apple orchards (Telangi Khas) 01 02 10 11/08/2015 (FN)
Training programme on pest management in apple orchards (Telangi
Dakho)
01 08 01 11/08/2015 (AN)
Training programme on pest management in rajmash-apple orchards (Shuka
Saring)
01 04 06 12/08/2015 (FN)
Training programme on pest management in rajmash-apple orchards (Garo
Saring)
01 01 10 12/08/2015 (AN)
Integrated crop
management
Exposure visit of students from Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Telangi 01 41 58 08/09/2015
Crop management Training programme on winter management in apple orchards (Telangi
Khas)
01 15 05 15/01/2016 (FN)
Training programme on winter management in apple orchards (Danio
Saring)
01 07 06 15/01/2016 (AN)
Training programme on winter management in apple orchards (shuka and
Garo Saring)
01 21 04 16/01/2016
Training programme on winter management in apple orchards (Tarkhawa) 01 10 00 17/01/2016
Awareness camp on premature leaf fall in apple
Training programme on training and pruning Method demonstration on fertilizer application
Training on IPM in horticultural crops PPV&FRA Awareness cum Training camps at Hango and Chuling
Celebration of Pea day at Nesang TSP Camps at Pooh
Soil health day at Pooh
Kisan mela, 2016 at Reckong Peo
Declamation contest on swatch bharat
Cannabis eradication day
Field diagnostic visit
Module-5: Extension Activities
Name of the activity Number of
programmes
No. of beneficiaries Remarks
Male Female
Exposure visit 01 41 58 An Exposure visit of students from Saraswati Vidya Mandir,
Telangi, NICRA village was organized wherein the students were
taken to Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry,
RHRTS & KVK, Sharbo, Kinnaur (HP) to familiarize them of the
latest techniques in the field of horticulture and bee keeping.
Method demonstrations 12 112 103 Demonstrations were given on orchard floor management in apple,
method of seed treatment and line sowing in rajmash, training and
pruning for quality fruit production in apple, method of soil
sampling and fertilizer application.
Agro-advisory services 25 69 44 Agro-advisories were provided to the farmers relating to different
aspects of crop production on regular basis during the cropping
season.
Method demonstration on value addition Method demonstration on soil sampling