Odisha Govt Partners with ICRISAT to Support the PVTGs in 12 Districts
Resource ID
18774
Access
Open
Contributed by
B.Muralidhar
Topics
Natural resource management, Water management
Systems
Farming Systems, Livelihood Systems
Locations
Asia, India, Odisha
CSR Activity
No
Global Date
04 Mar 21
Title
Odisha Govt Partners with ICRISAT to Support the PVTGs in 12 Districts
Keywords
Odisha, Capacity building, Tribal groups, Natural resources, Water harvesting, OPELIP, IFAD, Geographic Information System techniques, Jacqueline Hughes
Language
English
Size of PDF
737 kB
Author/Key contact
SMCO staff
Story Source
https://affairscloud.com/odisha-govt-partners-with-icrisat-to-support-the-pvtgs-in-12-districts/
Publishing Location
Country
Story Lead Center
ICRISAT
Type
Science
URL/Link
https://affairscloud.com/odisha-govt-partners-with-icrisat-to-support-the-pvtgs-in-12-districts/
Description
Government of Odisha is collaborating with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to strengthen management of natural resources for the benefit of the state’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups that are dependent on agriculture. Accordingly, ICRISAT will undertake capacity building initiatives, water harvesting, recording of hydrological parameters and crop productivity in addition to monitoring land-use as well as land-cover through remote sensing and GIS in 12 districts of Odisha.
New ICRISAT Research Programs
Asia Program, ICRISAT Development Centre
Date (Date published/released/created if known)
04 Mar 21
