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ICRISAT, ICAR-CRIDA & IRRI Partner Odisha Govt to Roll out Agriculture drought mitigation Programme

Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 (UNI) In a significant step towards advancing climate-resilient agricultural research, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), ICAR–Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR-CRIDA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have partnered with the Government of Odisha to roll out the Odisha Agriculture Drought Mitigation Programme (OADMP).
The programme was formally launched at a State-level Inception Workshop held in Bhubaneswar on January 30, positioning OADMP as a research-driven, field-tested model for drought mitigation in rainfed regions, the Hyderabad-based ICRISAT said in a release here on Frida.
The initiative is supported by the National Disaster Mitigation Fund of the National Disaster Management Authority and the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority.
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