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• Development of plant genetic resources with
greater adaptive capacity to draught, fl ood,
salinity and high temperature through modi-
fi ed physiological processes and assisted
marker selection
• Development of crops with enhanced CO
2
fi xation potential to increase productivity and
with less water consumption
• Gene manipulation for introducing C4 path-
way in important C3 crops
• Discovering novel use of RuBisco enzyme
that enables conversion of CO
2
more quickly
and effectively
• Development of crops with enhanced water
and nitrogen use effi ciency for reduced emis-
sions of greenhouse gases in the irrigated agri-
cultural system and utilization of phenomics
• Development of crop, livestock, and fi sh vari-
eties tolerant to various abiotic stresses
• Establishing agricultural intelligence system
• Development of effective surveillance sys-
tems for invasive species in imports
• Development of predictive models for agro-
advisory services
• Development of decision support systems for
scenario-based planning
• Site-specifi c data inventories for predictive
models
• Development of inventory for all available
nutrients
• Development of ICT-based systems and meth-
odologies for accelerated agricultural growth
• Strengthening market research in domestic as
well as global demand projections for food
and food exports and imports based on climate
change variables
• Research on new forms of credit assessment
and risk management systems
effi cient technologies and practices. Deployment
of customized technologies and packages of
practices that are specifi c to regional require-
ments would be accomplished. Wider dissemina-
tion of a larger array of resource conserving
technologies and proven products is the need of
the hour. Technologies and practices that increase
the mitigation potential at the farm level would
be propagated and plant and livestock manage-
ment options that allow for maximum returns
would be explored. Product monitoring for qual-
ity of farm inputs would be strengthened. The
details of opportunities for new interventions in
the functional area of technology, products, and
practices are as follows:
• Customization of resource conservation tech-
nologies (RCT) to suit crop varieties in differ-
ent agroclimatic conditions
• Introduction of improved pest and weed con-
trol methods especially to cater vector-borne
incidences
• Change in dietary practices of livestock to
curb methane emissions from enteric
fermentation
• Planning the sequencing of crops based on
their nutrient demands and nutrient uptake
effi ciencies and residues to suit specifi c soil
conditions
• Recycling of wastes and their conversion into
easily transportable and usable forms for
their effective utilization in plant nutrient
supply
• Quality labeling and specifying microorgan-
ism application for agriculture, horticulture,
greenhouse products, etc.
• Intermittent fl ooding during rice cultivation or
aeration of rice fi elds
• Management of feeding schedule of livestock
• Development of integrated farming system to
suit specifi c location needs
• Development of farm ponds, bio-gas plant,
and a few fertilizer trees as a combination to
improve farm productivity in rainfed areas.
• Development of food and fodder security plan
for safeguarding dairy-, poultry-, and other
animal-based enterprises
• Promoting greenhouse horticulture combined
with animal husbandry and agro-forestry for
•
Development of appropriately designed insur-
ance schemes for specifi c climate change
impacts
14.3.2 Technologies and Practices
The main thrust area under technology, products,
and practices would be the conservation of natu-
ral resources through promotion of resource-
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