Mainstreaming Sustainable Development through Climate-Smart Agriculture By Promoting Evidence-Based Research

The Resilience project supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway) has tested and validated selected integrated climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies in Odisha and Assam states in India over the last four years. Farmer-led demonstration trials were conducted with the active support of project partners and multi-stakeholders. In this article, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Mehreteab Tesfai, and Amaresh Kumar Nayak present two good practices of CSA and their key research results.

- Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Mehreteab Tesfai, and Amaresh Kumar Nayak

At a United Nations (UN) summit in New York (UN, 2019), one of the world leaders asserted that “For us, sustainability is the navigation instrument, the compass into the future”. Unless sustainable development becomes a fundamental criterion in policy and practice in the future, protecting earth’s resources for future generations will not be possible. Thus, mainstreaming sustainable development in the policy agenda both at the international and national levels is vital. It is necessary to promote collective action/ cooperation and sharing of knowledge between countries, provinces, sectors, and stakeholders. Indeed, such emphasis is necessary to strengthen linkages and nexuses, moving from silos to integration and synergies, and the spirit of partnerships. Mainstreaming the three dimensions of sustainable development (i.e., environmental, economic, and social including gender integration) should be an integral part of national policies, plans, and strategies of countries.

Integrating Sustainable Development/Climate Resilience in Action/ Work/Decision-Making

The Resilience project (www. resilienceindia.org) supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway) has tested and validated selected integrated climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies in Odisha and Assam states in India over the last four years. Farmer-led demonstration trials were conducted with the active support of project partners and multi-stakeholders. In this article, two good practices of CSA and their key research results have been presented.

Direct seeded rice