CESCRA

Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture

Environmental pollution and climate change are the two major problems confronting agriculture today. Environmental impacts of agriculture and vice versa have raised serious questions about the sustainability of agricultural production systems because of widespread deterioration of soil, water and air quality. Climate change, caused by the increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, has emerged as one of the most prominent global environmental problems. These are likely to threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of people in India. To sustain the food and nutritional security of the country, urgent need is to make Indian agriculture more resilient to environmental degradation and climate change. To address these challenges Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CESCRA), a multi-disciplinary Centre was established.

environment agriculture and food