Green-Ag Project
- July 31, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Government scheme
Context:
Indian government has launched a project named Green – Ag in Mizoram
Concept:
- The project will be implemented in Dampa Tiger Reserve and Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary in the state covering more than 30 villages
- Mizoram is among the five states where the Green-Ag project funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) is being implemented.
- The other states are Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.
- The project aims to catalyse transformative change of India’s agricultural sector to support achievement of national and global environmental benefits and conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes.
- The institutionalization of inter-sectoral mechanisms (agricultural and allied sectors, forestry and natural resources management, and economic development) at the national and five States will facilitate continued mainstreaming of environmental concerns and priorities related to resilience into the agriculture sector.