Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Peddi Naga Harsha Vardhan, PK Pal and Deepa Roy

Abstract:
Climate change has become an important area of concern for India to ensure food and nutritional security for growing population. The impacts of climate change are global, but countries like India are more vulnerable in view of the high population depending on agriculture. So, Govt. of India taken initiative to address the climate change through KVKs. National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture is one of the programs which are operated by ICAR through different KVKs to reduce the climate change adversities through different climate-resilient technologies. Some of the technologies are Water saving technology, In-situ moisture conservation technology, Water harvesting and recycling technology, Adoption of submergence rice variety, Azolla production, Fodder cultivation Animal husbandry for livelihood diversification, Introduction of new crops for crop diversity, Adoption of short duration rice for advancement of rabi season, Green manuring crops for soil fertility management etc. The study was conducted in two districts of North Bengal i.e., Cooch Behar and Malda in two KVKs (NICRA KVKs).One adopted villages and one non adopted village adjacent to adopted villages (as control area) were selected for study from each KVK-area. The result shows that the level of awareness of water-saving technology, in-situ moisture conservation technology, water harvesting and recycling technology and other climate-resilient technologies mean awareness score is more in the adopted villages than in the non adopted villages.