Green Agriculture Project

In Context 

Green agriculture project  will add life to  Desert National Park (DNP)

About Green Agriculture Project

• It is funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Global Environment Facility.
• 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.
• It supports harmonisation between India’s agricultural and environmental sector priorities.
• It will act as a lifeline for the Desert National Park (DNP) in western Rajasthan with the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes. 
  • ‘Develop grasslands’ Action plans for each village in the region are being prepared with the involvement of the local rural communities.
  • The environmentalists in the State have called for developing grasslands on vast tracts in the DNP area for grazing of animals, saying their neglect and conversion into irrigated and cultivated land would further endanger the rare species.

Source:TH