Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
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Adopt comprehensive soil health management practices
through efficient water management to expand coverage for
achieving ‘more crop per drop’;
Develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders
Pilot models in select blocks for improving productivity of
rain-fed farming
Establish an effective inter and intra Departmental/Ministerial
co-ordination
Enhanced soil carbon storage
Creating database on soil resources through land use survey,
soil profile study and soil analysis on GIS platform
Promoting location and crop specific integrated nutrient
management practices
Involve knowledge institutions and professionals in developing
climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for
specific agro climatic situations
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Noteworthy Features:
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State Government may engage reputed NGOs for
implementation of cluster/ village development plan
A dedicated subject expert/consultant on sustainable
agriculture will be engaged each for 2 to 3 adjoining districts
depending on the number of clusters taken up to look after
the projects, give technical advice and assist in monitoring.
These consultants to be engaged on contract basis and there
remuneration is admissible from Mission.
Systems. Areas / Commodities developed developed under
National Food Security Mission (NFSM), National Mission
on Oilseed & Oil Palm (NMOOP), Mission for Integrated
Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Livestock
Mission (NLM) can be supplemented with other productions
systems from NMSA to make it an Integrated Farming System.
National Mission for Agriculture Extension & Technology
(NAMET) can be appropriately made use of for capacity
building, awareness generation, information support, farm
mechanization, availability of seeds/planting materials etc.
Annexures
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