Climate-smart agriculture practices endorsed by Odisha’s priority districts

This brochure presents climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices that have been prioritised through district-level consultations with experts from nine districts. Each district has prioritised a set of ten CSA practices. The districts include those with high climate risks (Nuapada, Kendrapara, and Angul), high resource use (Bargarh and Nabarangpur), and high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Puri), along with those prone to all three, i.e. high climate risks, resource use, and GHG emissions (Jajpur, Bhadrak, and Balangir).

The practices may be applied to paddy and other crops. Other crops include maize, millets, mustard, sesame, a range of vegetables and fruits (onion, cowpea, brinjal, ladyfinger, tomato, potato, beans, pumpkin, cabbage, and mango), spices (ginger, turmeric, chilli, coriander, and garlic), and pulses (black gram and green gram). The type of crops sown varies from district to district; however, the practices are broad enough that they may be applied to all of them.

Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Shubhranshu Mishra, Dr Sangram Keshari Pattnaik, Nagendra Kumar Mallik, and Dr Tushar Ranjan Mohanty (OUAT) also contributed to this brochure.