Odisha government, ICRISAT ink new agriculture partnership for vulnerable tribal groups
Resource ID
18803
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 government, ICRISAT ink new agriculture partnership for vulnerable tribal groups
Keywords
Odisha, Capacity building, Tribal groups, Natural resources, Water harvesting, OPELIP, IFAD, Geographic Information System techniques, Jacqueline Hughes
Language
English
ICRISAT Research Programs
ICRISAT Development Center
New
Asia Program
Size of PDF
1640 kB
Story Partners
Govt. of Odisha
Author/Key contact
SMCO staff
Story Source
https://www.icrisat.org/odisha-government-icrisat-ink-new-agriculture-partnership-for-vulnerable-tribal-groups/
Story Published Date
2021-03-04
Story Lead Center
ICRISAT
Type
Corporate
URL/Link
https://www.icrisat.org/odisha-government-icrisat-ink-new-agriculture-partnership-for-vulnerable-tribal-groups/
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.
SDG
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