Question: Which of the following are the components of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture NMSA)?
Options:
1 and 2 only
1, 2 and 3 only
3 and 4 only
1, 2, 3 and 4
→ Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, India has launched a dedicated National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) to define its strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation within the agriculture sector.
→ NMSA has following four (4) major programme components or activities:
Rainfed Area Development (RAD): RAD will adopt an area-based approach for development and conservation of natural resources along with farming systems.
On Farm Water Management (OFWM): OFWM will focus primarily on enhancing water use efficiency by promoting efficient on-farm water management technologies and equipment.
Soil Health Management (SHM): SHM will aim at promoting location as well as crop-specific sustainable soil health management including residue management, organic farming practices by way of creating and linking soil fertility maps with macro-micro nutrient management, appropriate land use based on land capability, judicious application of fertilizers, and minimizing the soil erosion/degradation.
Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring, Modeling and Networking (CCSAMMN): CCSAMMN will provide creation and bidirectional (land/farmers to research/scientific establishments and vice versa) dissemination of climate change-related information and knowledge by way of piloting climate change adaptation/mitigation research/model projects in the 5 domains of climate-smart sustainable management practices and integrated farming system suitable to local agro-climatic conditions.