Institutional Framework for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Question
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 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.
Options
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
Explanation
All three statements are correct. The Climate-Smart Village framework is a flagship global research project run by CCAFS , which operates under the CGIAR consortium. CGIAR's institutional secretariat is located in Montpellier, France. ICRISAT, based in Hyderabad, India, is one of the designated core international research centers under the CGIAR network. > Global agronomic resilience programs connect local initiatives to centralized research bodies like CGIAR and domestic research stations like ICRISAT. Answer: (d).
Question details
Year
2021
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q59
Subject
Current Affairs
Sub-topic
Art, Culture & Cinema
Type
Statement-based
Difficulty
Hard
Nature
Current-affairs-linked
Source hint
CGIAR / ICRISAT organizational structures
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