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JAMMU: The progress and implementation of ‘Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture in Rain-Fed Farming (Kandi) Areas of Jammu and Kashmir’ was reviewed today under at a meeting in Jammu.
In the meeting, being shared by Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary asked the officers to accelerate the implementation of the scheme so that the benefits reach to target population. He advised them to look for the ways and means to associate other stakeholders like Animal Husbandry department to implement several components of the scheme.
R K Srivastava, CGM NABARD emphasized the need to adopt climate resilient agricultural practices. He mentioned that fund allocated for the UT must be fully utilized in order to bring in the desired outcome of the project.
It was given in the meeting that the scheme is being implemented by the UT government in Budgam and Jammu districts. The project areas are Bhalwal block of Jammu district and Budgam block of Budgam district. The Department of Forest, Environment and Ecology J & K is the Nodal Agency for the project whereas the Department of Agriculture is the Executing Entity.
The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) was established in August, 2015 to meet the cost of adaptation to climate change for the State and Union Territories of India that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
The meeting was attended by Chief General Manager, NABARD, R.K Srivastava; Director Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Neelu Gera; Special Secretary, Forest Department, Amit Sharma; Director Agriculture, Jammu, Inderjeet; Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Manzoor Ahmad Qadiri; Deputy General Manager, NABARD, Anamika and several other officers of Forest, Agriculture departments and NABARD.