The mega project has three major objectives of Strategic research, Technology demonstrations and Capacity building.
- It was launched by Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR).
- Aims to make farmers self-reliant by use of climate resilient agricultural technologies and management of natural and manmade resources for sustaining agriculture in the era of climate change.
Four components
- Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation
- Technology demonstration to cope with current climate variability in 100 vulnerable districts
- Capacity Building
- Sponsored competitive research to fill critical gaps.