Overview
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, speaking Tuesday at a national summit in Jammu, announced agriculture output of 357 million tonnes for 2024–25 and horticulture output of 362 million tonnes, with farm production up 25 million tonnes year on year.
- He urged researchers to close the gap between labs and fields and to prioritise climate‑adapted crop varieties that can withstand heat, drought and erratic rain.
- He set seven priorities for climate resilience that include farmer‑led research partnerships, climate‑responsive insurance, green credit, local advisory services, protection of traditional seeds, policy alignment and open evaluation of results.
- He pressed lenders to prioritise sustainable farm finance and called for wider use of climate‑responsive insurance, a shift that could steer capital toward water‑saving methods, resilient seeds and precision tools.
- He cited recent national measures as the base to build on, including 25 crore Soil Health Cards, higher individual farm credit limits to Rs 5 lakh, Rs 100 crore for high‑productivity seeds and sharp increases in government purchases of pulses and oilseeds at support prices since 2013–14.