Title: IMPACT OF CLIMATE RESILIENT TECHNOLOGIES IN CLIMATICALLY VULNERABLE VILLAGES ACROSS INDIA

Authors: B. Devojee, B. Malathi and S. N. Meera

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: climate resilient technologies, NICRA, Adoption, Village level data

Volume: 39

Issue: 2

Year: June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2025.39.2.0024

Abstract: The National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) is implemented as a network project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and was launched in February 2011 in 121 vulnerable districts across India. Project aims to enhance resilience of Indian agriculture to climate change and climate vulnerability through strategic research and technology demonstrations in four modules. Present study was conducted in 121 NICRA villages across in India during 2021 based on 11 type of vulnerabilities to assess impact of climate resilient technologies across four modules and comparison of before and after situation was made at village level. Among the technologies demonstrated in the NICRA villages, Natural Resource Management (Ex situ and In-situ), crop production and livestock interventions were compared. Various analyses demonstrated that significant difference between before and after NICRA project on number of Water harvesting structures, Farm ponds, check dams, percolation tanks, area under drip irrigation, area under BBF (ha), area under Mulching (ha), area under horticulture (ha), area under double cropping in the village (ha), total Fodder area (ha) in the village, quantum of green fodder produced in the village, average Quantity of silage prepared per farmer, crop residue availability in the village and number of milch (milking) animals in the village was studied. Before and after comparison of NICRA group to isolate the project impact also testified significant improvement on a set of indicators like number of Bore and open wells, area under drip irrigation, area under BBF, area brought under irrigation (during kharif and Rabi), crop yield. This study provides a springboard for the policy makers and civil societies to stretch out the activities for wide adaptation.