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Which of the following are components of the National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture?

a) On-farm water management

b) Integrated watershed development

c) Climate change and sustainable agriculture monitoring

d) Soil health management

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1. a, b and c
2. b, c and d
3. a, c and d
4. a, b, c and d

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : a, c and d

The correct answer is a, c and d.

  • National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA):
    • Sustaining agricultural productivity depends on the quality and availability of natural resources like soil and water.
    • Agricultural growth can be sustained by promoting conservation and sustainable use of these scarce natural resources through appropriate location-specific measures.
    • National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) has been formulated for enhancing agricultural productivity especially in rainfed areas focusing on integrated farming, water use efficiency, soil health management, and synergizing resource conservation.
    • NMSA derives its mandate from the Sustainable Agriculture Mission which is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).

  • NMSA has the following 4 major programme components or activities:
    • Rainfed Area Development (RAD) -
      • RAD adopts an area-based approach for the development and conservation of natural resources along with farming systems.
      • This component has been formulated in a ‘watershed plus framework’, i.e., to explore potential utilization of natural resources base/assets available/created through watershed development and soil conservation activities /interventions under MGNREGS, NWDPRA, RVP&FPR, RKVY, IWMP, etc.
      • This component introduces appropriate farming systems by integrating multiple components of agriculture such as crops, horticulture, livestock, fishery, forestry with agro-based income-generating activities and value addition.
      • A cluster-based approach of 100 hectares or more (contiguous or non-contiguous in difficult terrain with close proximity in a village/adjoining villages) may be adopted to derive the noticeable impact of convergence and encourage local participation and for future replication of the model in larger areas.
    • On-Farm Water Management (OFWM) :
      • OFWM focuses primarily on enhancing water use efficiency by promoting efficient on-farm water management technologies and equipment.
      • This not only focuses on application efficiency but, in conjunction with RAD component, also will emphasize effective harvesting & management of rainwater.
      • Assistance will be extended for adopting water conservation technologies, efficient delivery and distribution systems etc. Emphasis will also be given to manage and equitably distribute the resources of commons by involving the water users associations, etc.
      • To conserve water on the farm itself, farm ponds may be dug using MGNREGA funds and earthmoving machinery (to the extent manual digging under MGNREGA is not feasible)
    • Soil Health Management (SHM) :
      • SHM aims 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 - micronutrient 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 provides 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 domain of climate-smart sustainable management practices and integrated farming system suitable to local agro-climatic conditions.

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