India’s Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change Challenges
- Senior Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Nicholas Sitko said India needs to upscale its own fertiliser production capacity because of unstable conditions prevailing in Ukraine and West Asia.
- Sitko urged India to shift farming systems away from dependence on import of fertilisers and focus its attention on building organic carbon within soil through natural farming practices.
- He stresses that policies must make it possible for women farmers to access insurance, credit, training, input distribution equity, and market access.
- Sitko suggests India can expand its fertiliser production capacity and change its farming systems to reduce dependency on imported fertilisers.
- He suggests capturing carbon in soil by retaining residues and integrating legumes in the system can improve soil nutrients.
