The government has constituted village committees in 100 most vulnerable districts to promote climate smart agriculture strategies. The committee will identify the climatic vulnerability of the village and possible intervention to cope with drought and damages due to flood and reduce losses.

This was informed by Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat in the Parliament last week. He said the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has already prepared contingency plans for 343 districts with a matrix of situations and matching climate smart technologies.

This included alternate crops and practices to be implemented by the states in the event of natural calamities whether. He said to minimize the adverse impact of drought recommendations were also made on water saving methods in paddy cultivation.

He said in major states which faced significant rainfall deficit like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka, the locally adopted fodder varieties of annual crops were recommended to augment the fodder availability to livestock.