Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
adaptation. Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) is a flagship programme implemented by
Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN) with the support of Director
Agriculture & Food Production (DAFP), Government of Odisha and Nabakrushna
Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar to an aim reviving millet
in farm and on plates.
OMM work with large number of farming communities to increase millets productivity by
optimal utilization of available bio-resources with farmers’ friendly technologies. It has not
only looking after only increasing productivity of the millets but also focusing on in-situ, exsitu
and community conservation and modifying traditional cropping system with improved
package of practices. It has set up an Agro-ecological center where different crops and
varieties are conserve, characterize and evaluate both by farming communities and
researchers through different methods. Collaboration with State Seed Testing Laboratories
(SSTL) to restore the valuable germplasm in a cryogenic system. It has also taken Crop
Diversity Blocks (CDB) in each block for community conservation and evaluation to
strengthen the community seed bank which serve any seed loss or scarcity due to natural
calamities. Participatory approach followed to document indigenous knowledge and mapping
of landraces of different crops which help to prepare strategies for climate mitigation in
future. The paper will explain different agricultural approaches like Participatory Varietal
Trial, Community Managed Seed System, Poly-culture, Crop Diversity Block etc, taken in an
ecosystem for climatic change adaptation.
T2-04O
Integrated Farming System Approach for Sustainable Development of
Small and Marginal Farmers of India
Ayesha Fatima 1 , Rajiv K. Singh 2 , P.K. Upadhyay 2 , S.S. Rathore 2 and Kapila
Shekhawat 2
1 Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Kishanganj 855 107, Bihar
2 Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
The world’s population is estimated to be 9.73 billion by 2050 as projected by the United
Nations and to meet the demands of this burgeoning population, agriculture will need to
produce almost 50 percent more food, feed and biofuel than it did in 2012 (FAO, 2017).
India, having population growth of 1%, the situation seems very alarming, particularly when
the environment and soil health are deteriorating. Under this condition, there is a significant
concern that how can we feed an expanding population without having harmful
environmental and social repercussions? The potential answer to this question can be the
adoption of location-specific, tailor-made integrated farming system (IFS) models depending
on the existing resource base of the farmers. IFS represents integration of farm
Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation, ecosystem services, integrated farming system
models, Land degradation neutrality
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