Page 252 - Low Carbon Development in China and India
P. 252
Furthermore, in order to promote organic farming in the country, 3.1
the current Budget has allocated an amount of INR 300 crore
(50 million USD) for Parampargat Krishi Vikas Yojana (Organic
Farming Programme). The States are also going to mobilize funds
to give organic agriculture greater impetus. The Indian Institute of
Farming Systems Research (IIFSR), Modipuram also hosts a Network
Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) since 2004–05. The objective is to
develop package of practices of different crops and cropping systems
under organic farming in different agro-ecological regions of the
country. The project is running at 13 cooperating centres. NPOF has
the objective to address issues of comparing inorganic and organic
agriculture, integrated nutrient management practices, methods and
source of nutrient application, management of pests, diseases, and
weeds in the crops.
Since the agriculture sector accounts for approximately
83 per cent of all water uses in the country, there is an urgent need
to promote technologies and innovation capable of increasing the
water use efficiency. Water use efficiency would help in sustaining the
underground water table and also contribute towards energy savings
in the agriculture sector. One such water saving technology, that is now
been used in India, is the drip irrigation technology. Box 1.2 highlights
this technology as an innovation in the agriculture sector. The current
Government has launched Per Drop More Crop Scheme along with
the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (Irrigation Programme)
for which an amount of INR 5,300 crore (USD 833 million) has been
sanctioned under the current budget.
Box 1.2: Drip irrigation technology in India
Among all the irrigation methods, drip irrigation is considered to be the most efficient
and can be practiced for a large variety of crops, especially for vegetables, orchard
and plantation crops. Drip irrigation results in a high water application efficiency of
about 90–95 per cent. The technology contributes towards low carbon development
indirectly by promoting water use efficiency. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer
Welfare (MoA), Government of India, estimates that a total of 27 million hectares area in
the country has the potential of drip irrigation application (IARI 2008).
In the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, drip irrigation technologies for
sugarcane crop have been gaining popularity and are being increasingly adopted with
necessary financial support from the state agricultural departments (MINT 2013).
Chapter 1 Low Carbon Technology and Innovation Policy 217
the current Budget has allocated an amount of INR 300 crore
(50 million USD) for Parampargat Krishi Vikas Yojana (Organic
Farming Programme). The States are also going to mobilize funds
to give organic agriculture greater impetus. The Indian Institute of
Farming Systems Research (IIFSR), Modipuram also hosts a Network
Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) since 2004–05. The objective is to
develop package of practices of different crops and cropping systems
under organic farming in different agro-ecological regions of the
country. The project is running at 13 cooperating centres. NPOF has
the objective to address issues of comparing inorganic and organic
agriculture, integrated nutrient management practices, methods and
source of nutrient application, management of pests, diseases, and
weeds in the crops.
Since the agriculture sector accounts for approximately
83 per cent of all water uses in the country, there is an urgent need
to promote technologies and innovation capable of increasing the
water use efficiency. Water use efficiency would help in sustaining the
underground water table and also contribute towards energy savings
in the agriculture sector. One such water saving technology, that is now
been used in India, is the drip irrigation technology. Box 1.2 highlights
this technology as an innovation in the agriculture sector. The current
Government has launched Per Drop More Crop Scheme along with
the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (Irrigation Programme)
for which an amount of INR 5,300 crore (USD 833 million) has been
sanctioned under the current budget.
Box 1.2: Drip irrigation technology in India
Among all the irrigation methods, drip irrigation is considered to be the most efficient
and can be practiced for a large variety of crops, especially for vegetables, orchard
and plantation crops. Drip irrigation results in a high water application efficiency of
about 90–95 per cent. The technology contributes towards low carbon development
indirectly by promoting water use efficiency. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer
Welfare (MoA), Government of India, estimates that a total of 27 million hectares area in
the country has the potential of drip irrigation application (IARI 2008).
In the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, drip irrigation technologies for
sugarcane crop have been gaining popularity and are being increasingly adopted with
necessary financial support from the state agricultural departments (MINT 2013).
Chapter 1 Low Carbon Technology and Innovation Policy 217
