?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F9745%2F&rft.title=Mission+India+for+Transforming+Agriculture+(MITrA)%2CResearch+Report+IDC-4&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Bergvinson%2C+D&rft.creator=Raju%2C+K+V&rft.creator=Gaur%2C+P+M&rft.creator=Varshney%2C+R+K&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.subject=Indian+Agriculture&rft.description=Humankind%E2%80%99s+biggest+challenge+in+the+21st+century+is+to+ensure+food+and+nutritional+security+for+the+growing%0D%0Apopulation+and+improved+livelihoods+for+smallholder+farmers.+World+population+is+estimated+to+swell+to%0D%0A9.3+billion+by+2050.+India+has+to+feed+1.4+billion+people+by+2025+and+water+demand+for+food+production+will%0D%0Aincrease+dramatically.+This+challenge+becomes+increasingly+acute+in+light+of+the+depleting+water+resources+(5177+m3+in+1951+to+1545+m3+in+2011)%2C+degrading+land+and+increasingly+variable+weather+associated+with%0D%0Aclimate+change.+The+Ministry+of+Agriculture+%26+Farmers+Welfare%2C+Government+of+India+has+taken+a+novel%0D%0Ainitiative+to+transform+agriculture+in+India+as+part+of+the+Digital+India+program+by+transforming+the+rural%0D%0Aeconomy+and+creating+skilled+jobs+in+rural+areas.+The+Government+of+India+has+initiated+various+innovative%0D%0Aschemes+to+enhance+food+production+and+to+mitigate+impacts+of+climate+change.%0D%0AAt+the+request+of+the+Prime+Minister%E2%80%99s+Office%2C+Government+of+India%2C+to+prepare+a+long-term+strategy+to%0D%0Aincrease+economic+opportunities+for+rural+families+in+India%2C+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute%0D%0Afor+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)1+has+prepared+a+set+of+six+strategy+papers%3A+1)+Pulses2+2)+PMKSY3)+Soil%0D%0AMapping4)+Agri+Markets5)+Crop+Insurance6+and+6)+Digital+Agriculture.+The+draft+versions%2C+based+on+the+PMO%0D%0Arequest%2C+were+discussed+with+the+Ministry+of+Agriculture+%26+Farmers+Welfare%2C+Government+of+India7+and+its%0D%0Asenior+officers+made+detailed+suggestions+to+refine+and+strengthen+these+papers.+This+summary%2C+elaborated%0D%0Ain+the+following+sections+and+the+set+of+strategy+papers%2C+attached+separately%2C+incorporate+the+suggestions%0D%0Amade+by+the+Ministry+officials+and+other+leading+sector-specialists+from+India.&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F9745%2F1%2FMission%2520India%2520for%2520Transforming%2520Agriculture%2520%2528MITrA%2529.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wani%2C+S+P+and+Bergvinson%2C+D+and+Raju%2C+K+V+and+Gaur%2C+P+M+and+Varshney%2C+R+K++(2016)+Mission+India+for+Transforming+Agriculture+(MITrA)%2CResearch+Report+IDC-4.++Technical+Report.+ICRISAT%2C+Patancheru.+++++