In the context of India’s preparation for Climate- Smart Agriculture, consider the following statements:1. The ‘Climate-Smart Village’ approach in India is a part of a project led by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), an international research programme.2. The project of CCAFS is carried out under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) headquartered in France.3. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India is one of the CGIAR’s research centres.Which of the statements given above are correct?
✓ Correct answer: d) 1, 2 and 3
ExplanationClimate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a strategy to assist those in charge of managing agricultural systems in efficiently adapting to climate change.The CSA approach pursues the triple objectives of:Sustainably increasing productivity and incomesAdapting to climate changeReducing greenhouse gas emissions where possibleStatement 1 is correct: The Climate-Smart Village project in India is a CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agri- culture and Food Security (CCAFS).Statement 2 is correct: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCFAS) is carried out under CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research).Statement 3 is correct: ICRISAT is a CGIAR Research Center.It is a non-profit, non-political public international research or- ganization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world.49
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