NICRA
is a mega project that has three major objectives of Strategic research,
Technology demonstrations and Capacity building.
It
was launched by Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) and aims to make
farmers self-reliant by use of climate resilient agricultural technologies and
management of natural and manmade resources for sustaining agriculture in the
era of climate change.
It
has four components
Strategic
research on adaptation and mitigation,
Technology
demonstration to cope with current climate variability in 100 vulnerable districts,
Capacity Building
Sponsored
competitive research to fill critical gaps.
