Green & Inclusive Agri Supply Chains ITC’s Mission Sunehra Kal

Institutionalising SDGs in Maharashtra, Mumbai, 11th April 2019

• Partnership: ITC & CGIAR’s Climate Change, Agriculture & Food Security (CCAFS) programme

• Objective: Climate resilient agriculture for long-term food security and poverty alleviation

• Enablers:

• Improve farm productivity & incomes

• Conserve/enrich eco-system services (land/forest/water)

• Promote socially inclusive growth

• Crops covered: Paddy, wheat, soya, sugarcane, mango,, onion & gram

ITC’s Climate Smart Village Programme

1. Cluster project villages basis current resilience status

Climate Smart Agriculture – Key Elements

Q 1

Most resilient

Action: Increase resilience & yield

Q 3

More resilient

Action: Improve yields

Q 2

Less resilient

Action: Minimize climate risks

Q 4

Least resilient

Action: Improve yields & climate risks

CV o

f Khariff

Rain

fall

CV of Kharif NDVI (proxy for crop yields)

(Note: High CV of rainfall with low CV of NDVI – more resilience)

2. Prioritise location-specific climate smart interventions

Climate Smart Agriculture – Key Elements

Yield improving technologies/practices

PriorityClimate risk reduction technologies/ practices

Priority

Agroforestry 2 Dugwell /Tubewell 1

Alternate Wetting and Drying 3 Conservation Trenches 6

Broad Bed Furrow 4 Farm Bunding 8

Conservation Furrow 5 Farm Yard Manure 9

Drip irrigation 7 Laser Land Levelling 10

Rainwater Harvesting 12 Minimum Tillage 11

River/Stream Beds 13 Nutrient Management 14

Sprinkler 15

(Note: Illustration of preference shown by farmers from Maharashtra)

Portfolio of Climate Smart Agriculture Interventions

Livelihood Smart Carbon Smart

Knowledge Smart

Nutrient Smart

Weather Crop Information Market information

Residue management Minimum tillage Green manuring Compost

Agro forestry Bio-Diversity conservation Conservation tillage Silt application

Soil & Moisture Conservation Water harvesting Ground Water Recharge On-farm water management

Water Smart

Animal Husbandry Women Economic Empowerment

13.1: Strengthen resilience & adaptive capacity to climate-

related hazards.

SDG 1: No Poverty

1.5: Build resilience of the poor to climate-

related extreme events

SDG 2: Zero Hunger

2.4: Implement resilient agri practices to increase

productivity

Sustainable Food Production SystemsImprove Productivity + Reduce Costs = Increase Net Incomes

2.3: Double agricultural productivity and

incomes of small-scale food producers,

including non-farm employment.

2.4: Ensure sustainable food production

systems.

Wheat Rice Soya

Area: 35,897 haNet income Increase:

143%

Area: 2,089 haNet income Increase:

425%

Area: 14,201 haNet income Increase:

52%

Cotton Sugarcane Onion

Area: 7,051 haNet income Increase:

28%

Area: 5,972 ha

Net income Increase:

54%

Area: 4,831 haNet income Increase:

67%

Zero till Direct Seeding of Rice Broad Bed Furrow

Drip with seedling Raised Bed with DripBetter Cotton Initiative

Integrated Water Resources Management

Supply of Fresh Water and Water Use Efficiency

6.4: Increase water-use efficiency and ensure

sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater.

6.b: Support and strengthen the

participation of local communities in improving water management.

Supply-sideIncrease storage/recharge

Demand-sideDecrease Consumption

14,000 - water-harvesting structures 163,580 acres – conservation agri

Potential storage created to date

34.30 million kilo litres

Total water saving in 1 year

81.42 million kilo litres

Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) in Munger (Bihar)Stop Dam in Sehore (MP)

Integrated Water Resources Management

Community Based Governance

6.4: Increase water-use efficiency and ensure

sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater.

6.b: Support and strengthen the

participation of local communities in improving water management.

1,787 Plantation Committees

2,662 Water User Groups

365Agri Business Centres

Community institutions at the core:

Plan – Contribute - Execute - Manage

5,000 groups – 1.54 lakh members – Rs 5.5 crore corpus

Protect, Restore & Promote Sustainable Use of Natural Resources

Increase Green Cover

15.2: Increase afforestation and

restoration.

15.3: Restore degraded land and soil.

15.9: Integrate ecosystem and biodiversity into developmental

processes.

Social/Agro Forestry

1.15 lakh acres

Restoration of Degraded Land/Commons

3 lakh acres - catchment treatment

20,000 acres - biodiversity conservation

Food, & fuel & fodder security

Relieve pressure on demarcated forests

Biodiversity conservation, restoration of commons and soil & moisture

conservation to revive eco-system services

Khammam dt., Telangana

Before After

Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra

Spread & Coverage till date

17States

77Districts

400,000 Farmers

Watershed Development

870,000 acres

Climate Smart Agriculture

200,000 acres

Biodiversity Conservation

20,000 acres

Way Forward

• Results of CSA technologies and practices demonstrate large scope for improvingcrop yields and farmers’ income, building resilient and reduction of emissions

• Bundled package through ecosystem approach necessary to address problems ofsmallholder agriculture

• Integration and convergence of CSV program to state and local governmentprogrammes very important for the sustainable and long-term impacts

• Large reach out possible thru:

• Public Private Partnerships for scale; and

• Collaborations with national and international research for knowledge and solutions

• Agri businesses play key role in ensuring continuous improvement

• Community participation is the key for ownership and sustainability