National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE)
GS PAPER III: Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life.
Context: NMSHE’s ICAR Team awarded for agricultural information dissemination in Leh
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- A team of scientists from Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) has been awarded for Excellence in Dissemination of agricultural practices and technologies from Lab to Farm by Agriculture Today, a National Agriculture Magazine.
- Their work has been recognised for improving livelihood and subsistence production systems in remote areas like Leh.
- The group have been introducing the best agronomic practices and weed management demonstrations on farmers’ fields with new crops and varietal assessment.
National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE)
- It is one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
- It is a multi-pronged, cross-cutting mission across various sectors.
- It contributes to the sustainable development of the country by enhancing the understanding of climate change, its likely impacts and adaptation actions required for the Himalayas- a region on which a significant proportion of India’s population depends for sustenance.
- It seeks to facilitate formulation of appropriate policy measures and time-bound action programmes to sustain ecological resilience and ensure the continued provisions of key ecosystem services in the Himalayas.
- NMSHE intends to evolve suitable management and policy measures for sustaining and safeguarding the Himalayan ecosystem along with developing capacities at the national level to continuously assess its health status.
- It is part of the Climate Change program of Department of Science & Technology, worked on the six components such as database development, monitoring, vulnerability assessment, adaptive research, pilot studies, and organized capacity building/ training programmes.