Description : | The phase-2 of NMSHE, Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture has been commissioned by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under the National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems with a focus to i) develop bias corrected high-resolution climate scenario data; ii) characterize the agroecosystem changes due to climatic variability and change; iii) develop block level vulnerability assessment; iv) project impacts of climatic variability and change on Himalayan agricultural resources; v) recommend suitable adaptation strategies; vi) create adaptation evidences though pilot studies; vii) ICT tool for adaptation; and viii) capacity building programs.
Sustaining agriculture in the Himalayan region form the ecological sustainability and economic viability points of view is of paramount importance. Current dynamics and interventions are generally oriented towards livelihood diversification with increased off-farm income opportunities and expansion of external development interventions. These changes in socio-economic conditions have affected sustainability of food security of mountain households. These challenges are likely to further exacerbate due to climate change. Keeping the sensitivity of the issue, the Task Force on Himalayan agriculture was commissioned to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to work in three distinct regions of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) viz., cold arid Himalayan region, lower and middle Himalayan region and north-eastern Himalayan region |
