Context:
One of the major reasons why more and more people are leaving agriculture sector is because of high climate variability and inadequate adaptive capacity resulting in low productivity and income. More than 70% of the annual rainfall is concentrated between months of June-September. While a good monsoon ensures good harvest for food crops, a deficient monsoon results in yield loss and reduces economic security while excess monsoon too results in crop loss due to water logging and flooding. The majority of farmers in India have very little ability to respond adequately to these weather fluctuations. Climate variability has been the source of misery for much of rural India as well as for Maharashtra. Water availability for irrigation is reducing due to population rise, rapid urbanization and competing claims of industries. This in turn reduces productivity and sometimes results in crop failure during prolonged dry spells. Without proper awareness about climate change, the farmers fail to safeguard their livelihoods. Inadequacy of critical agricultural infrastructure, irrigation systems, and lack of market access further reduces the ability of the farmers to improve the productivity and income.
The major objective of PoCRA project is built around a comprehensive, multi sector approach that focuses specifically on building climate resilience in agriculture through scaling up tested technologies and practices. Considering this view state agriculture university. State Agriculture department, PoCRA team, progressive farmer, NIASM Baramati and CRIDA Hydrabad. jointly organized workshop on “Climate Resilient Technology” at VNMKV, Parbhani on 25 and 26^th April, 2019

The Programme

Day: - 1 Collaborative meeting
Inaugural Session
The workshop started with an informal opening-cum-welcome ceremony by the Hon. Dr. A. S. Dhavan Vice-Chancellor VNMKV. Parbhani, Shri. Vikas Chandra Rastogi, IAS, Project Director (PoCRA), Dr. D. M. DEE, Dr. PDKV., Akola, Dr. P. G. Ingole DEE,  VNMKV., Parbhani, Dr. S. D. Gorantiwar PI. and representative of state agriculture department and state agriculture university. 
Dr. B. B. Asewar given presentation on climate resilient technology in Marathwada region in this presentation narrated the real time contingency plan, resilient verities of field crops, availability of seed status, MSP of the major field crops, training program and success stories on climate resilient technology.

Dr. M. S. Pendke explained open well recharge technology; NICRA villages bore well recharge technology, evaporation control practices, water cost saving technology.   

Dr. Anil Turkhede presented how BBF technology contributing in the climate resilient agriculture and also presented the vegetable crops as intercrop in cotton for kharif season.

Dr. S. D. Gorantiwar PI. CAAST-CSAWM, MPKV. Rahuri. Presented the irrigation scheduling methods for different field crops along with the apps developed by MPKV. Rahuri i.e. Phule Jal  and Phule Irrigation scheduler mobile apps and  submitted the project proposal on development of crop coefficient by lysimetric studies.

Dr. A.S. Karle Chief Scientist IFSRP, VNMKV. Parbhani   explained the role of integrated farming system for up gradation of small and marginal farmers to enhancing the sustainable productivity and profitability.

Shri. Vikas Chandra Rastogi, IAS, Project Director (PoCRA) discussed with participants as well as research scholar of  Ph. D. and M. Sc. About  how to  enhance the capacity building for climate resilient agriculture  through this PoCRA project summarized the following important points.

• Soil improvement and soil health
• Climate resilient agriculture technology
• Farm field school
• Agro met advisory service for village
• Climate resilient varieties production and dissemination
• Protected cultivation
• Monitoring and evaluation of work
• Village knowledge centre
• Crop contingency planning
• Farmers federation/ FPO for marketing
• Women’s groups and other group formation in villages 
• Custom hiring centre bank at villages
• Seed hub- seed godown and seed bank
• Institute collaboration-  IIT, ICAR, state agriculture department and SAUs
• Village adoption under PoCRA
• Forest Evaporation
• Soil solaraization
• AESA planning

DAY:-2 Workshop

Opening remarks

             Hon.  Dr. A. S. Dhavan Vice-Chancellor VNMKV. Parbhani.  addressed about how to improve productivity and profitability of rainfed agriculture with application of various technology, for static production and productivity through water harvesting techniques, and ensure livelihood security value addition of farm produce must be needed.

              Hon.  Dr. V. M. Bhale Vice-Chancellor Dr. PDKV., Akola.  In his inaugural speech he guided to participants for adaption of protective techniques, crop diversification, crop rotation, drought prone varieties, fodder crop production, dairy enterprises, sericulture, marketing and processing, controlling of pest of all crops by using organic and bio control agent, watershed construction and also most important to the farmer points of view noted that MSP should be implemented regional level.

Dr. R. Chari, Director of CRIDA, Hyderabad valuable and informative speech on contingency planning, livelihood , food security, conservation of natural resources,  moisture conservation, capacity building and sensitization of the farmers, agromet advisory, linkages of the village institutes, crop diversification.

             Dr. N. P. Singh Director, NIASM, Baramti.  In his speech he briefed for climate resilient agriculture, seed sector, integrated farming system, market and capacity building of stakeholders and farmers and achieving of objective of climate resilient agriculture  farmers SAUs experts and Departmental experts come together and work together.  

            Shri. Vikas Chandra Rastogi, IAS, Project Director (PoCRA). Given valuble suggestions to the participants about contingency crop planning, problematic soil problem,  Conservation technology, soil profile, low cost intervention fodder varieties, agribusiness , rural market, use participatory method, involvement of gram sabha and village level committee for enhancing the income in climate resilience agriculture.  

            Shri. Chandrashekhar Bhadsavale, Krishiratn, Saguna Baug, Raigad  he delivered seminar on Conservation agriculture ( Zero tillage Technology)  & Carbon sequestration after presentation he interact with participants and shared their experience about conservation agriculture  technology. 

            Shri. Dilip Fuke ,  Shetinisht, Washim.  He delivered the lecture on BBF technology for In-situ soil moisture conservation- Demonstration.

            Dr. P.R. Zanwar, Head of Department, Agril, Entomolgy.  Delivered seminar  on pink boll worm management, which is the important pest issues specially in Marathwada and vidhrbha region he has given integrated approach to control  boll worm.

Collaborative Meeting

            On the chairman of Hon. Dr.  A. S. Dhavan Vice-Chancellor VNMKV. Parbhani, Hon.  Dr. V. M. Bhale Vice-Chancellor Dr. PDKV., Akola, Dr. R. Chari, Director of CRIDA, Hyderabad, Dr. N. P. Singh Director, NIASM, Baramti,  Shri. Vikas Chandra Rastogi, IAS, Project Director (PoCRA), Experts of different institutes and HODs the collaborative discussion on, preparation of farmers agromet advisory services and contingency planning

1. Preparation of farmer’s agromet advisory services

• Data from IMD collected within five days
• Fore casting done at district level with the help of extension agronomist and KVKs Scientist
• Direct contact with the farmers
• Data furcated from Tuesday and Friday
• Forecast block level and advisory for village level
• To build up the network of automatic weather station
• Single information should generated and share to the farmers
• Follow the CCKN platform for agro advisory
• Infrastructure, man power , data, sowing date shall be necessary for cluster level agro advisory.

2. Contingency Planning

• Clustered formation
• Cluster differentiate into homogenous planning
• Data collected form villagers
• Real time soil moisture contingency plan
• Water budgeting for seasonal crop
• Village water balance

Overall Impressions

• The experts from different area provided valuable information on climate resilient agriculture technology how to overcome the changing climatic situation.
• Expert given valuable information on ground water recharge techniques and evaporation control practice.
• Experts also discussed about climate resilient varieties which plying important role in climate changing situation.
• Integrated farming system, enterprises, SHGs, Group farming,  Agromet advisory, farmers federation, contingency crop planning, seed hub, farmers field school, protective cultivation is way to achieve sustainable production for the farmers.
• In collaborative meeting fruit full discussion was held as well as to prepare draft for agro advisory services and contingency crop planning.

Final Remarks

• Opportunity to enhance capacity building through linkage with various institutes   
• This workshop offered an opportunity for farmers and participant’s stakeholders to understand how combat against these climate change situation and enhancing the agriculture productivity on sustainable manner.
• With  the help of  agro advisory and contingency crop planning dissemination of  right information, right time to right place increase awareness amongst  the farmers community which will  help to reduce vulnerable climatic change situation.