Parliament Question: National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4038 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17TH MARCH, 2026 NATIONAL INNOVATIONS ON CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE 4038. SHRI TANUJ PUNIA: Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृषि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the details of most vulnerable districts/regions identified under National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) in the country, State/UT-wise particularly from Uttar Pradesh; and (b) the details of the crop varieties and management practices identified and developed for adaptation and mitigation of climate resilient agriculture? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृषि और ककसान कल्याण राज्य मंत्री (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY) (a): Under NICRA, risk and vulnerability assessment was carried out for 573 predominantly agriculture districts of country using Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) protocol. A total of 109 districts were categorized as ‘very high’ and 201 districts as ‘highly’ vulnerable (Annexure). In Uttar Pradesh, 22 districts are categorised under ‘very high’ and 26 districts as ‘highly’ vulnerable. (b): National Agricultural Research System under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research are regularly developing and notifying region specific, high yielding, climate resilient varieties. In this process, during the last eleven years (2014-2025) a total of 3236 field crop varieties have been released, out of which 1576 are of Cereals, 444 are of Oilseeds, 473 are of Pulses, 205 are of Forages, 408 are of Fibre Crops, 96 are of Sugarcane and 34 of Others Crops. 1Out of these 3236 field crop varieties developed and released, 2996 varieties are Climate Resilient Field Crop Varieties (1453 are of Cereals, 397 are of Oilseeds, 446 are of Pulses, 185 are of Forage crops, 392 are of Fibres crops, 27 are of other crops and 96 of Sugarcane). Further, among the 3236 field crop varieties developed, a total of 1098 varieties are suitable for rainfed areas. Moreover, among the 3236, a total of 587 varieties are Extreme Climate Tolerant Varieties, of which 341 are Drought tolerant varieties; 89 are Flood tolerant varieties; 80 are Salinity tolerant varieties, 59 are Heat stress tolerant varieties and 18 are Cold tolerant varieties. Location specific promising climate resilient technologies identified, developed and demonstrated to farmers to address the important climatic vulnerabilities experienced such as droughts, floods, cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, hailstorms and frost. Location specific soil and moisture conservation practices, green manuring, zero tillage, efficient irrigation methods are developed and demonstrated to alleviate moisture stress during the crop growth period, minimize the impact of mid-season drought, enhance cropping intensity, crop yields and returns. Demonstration on agronomic practices such as timely planting, community nurseries for delayed monsoon, water saving paddy cultivation methods such as dry seeded rice and alternate wetting and drying, green manuring, advancement of planting dates of rabi crops in areas with terminal heat stress, frost management in horticulture, etc. were undertaken to minimize the impact of variable climatic situations. These adaptation efforts have been underway in 151 highly vulnerable districts through NICRA. So far, 25501 capacity building programs were conducted benefitting 7.57 lakh farmers and other stakeholders across the country for adaptation and mitigation of climate resilient agriculture. ****** 2ANNEXURE [Part (a) of Lok Sabha USQ No. 4038 dated 17th March, 2026] List of districts with ‘very high’ and ‘high’ climate change risk vulnerability to agriculture State District Risk Hazard Andhra Pradesh Anantapur Very High Drought Andhra Pradesh Srikakulam High Cyclone Andhra Pradesh East Godavari High Cyclone Andhra Pradesh Kurnool High Drought Arunachal Pradesh Upper Siang Very High Drought Arunachal Pradesh Tawang High - Arunachal Pradesh Lower Subansiri High - Arunachal Pradesh West Siang High Drought Arunachal Pradesh East Siang High - Arunachal Pradesh Lohit High Drought Arunachal Pradesh Dibang valley High Drought Assam Nalbari Very High - Assam Darrang Very High Drought Assam Kokrajhar High - Assam Dhubri High Flood Assam Barpeta High - Assam Morigaon High - Assam Dhemaji High - Bihar Sitamarhi Very High Flood Bihar Madhubani Very High Flood Bihar Supaul Very High Flood Bihar Kishanganj Very High Flood Bihar Katihar Very High Flood Bihar Saharsa Very High Flood Bihar Darbhanga Very High Flood Bihar Lakhisarai Very High Flood Bihar Sheikhpura Very High Drought Bihar Nalanda Very High Flood Bihar Champaran(West) High Flood Bihar Champaran(East) High Flood Bihar Purnea High Flood Bihar Madhepura High Flood Bihar Gopalganj High - Bihar Siwan High - 3Bihar Samastipur High - Bihar Begusarai High Flood Bihar Khagaria High Flood Bihar Bhagalpur High Flood Bihar Patna High Flood Bihar Bhojpur High - Bihar Buxar High - Chhattisgarh Jashpur High - Chhattisgarh Raigadh High - Chhattisgarh Korba High - Chhattisgarh Durg High Drought Chhattisgarh Mahasamund High - Chhattisgarh Kanker High - Gujarat Panchmahal Very High Drought Gujarat Dahod Very High Drought Gujarat Banaskantha High Drought Gujarat Patan High Drought Gujarat Anand High Drought Gujarat Kheda High Drought Gujarat Narmada High Drought Gujarat Dang High Drought Haryana Fatehabad Very High Drought Haryana Bhiwani Very High Drought Haryana Mahendragarh Very High Drought Haryana Kaithal High Drought Haryana Jind High Drought Haryana Sirsa High Drought Haryana Hissar High Drought Haryana Rohtak High Drought Haryana Jhajjar High Drought Haryana Rewari High Drought Haryana Gurgaon High Drought Himachal Pradesh Chamba Very High Drought Himachal Pradesh Mandi Very High - Himachal Pradesh Kangra High Drought Himachal Pradesh Kullu High - Himachal Pradesh Hamirpur High - Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur High Drought Himachal Pradesh Shimla High - Himachal Pradesh Kinnaur High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Leh(Ladakh) Very High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Poonch Very High Drought 4Jammu & Kashmir Kathua Very High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Budgam High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Anantnag High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Kargil High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Doda High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Udhampur High Drought Jammu & Kashmir Rajouri High Drought Jharkhand Garhwa High Drought Jharkhand Godda High - Jharkhand Sahibganj High - Jharkhand Pakur High - Jharkhand Gumla High - Jharkhand West Singbhum High - Karnataka Gadag Very High Drought Karnataka Haveri Very High Drought Karnataka Chitradurga Very High Drought Karnataka Bagalkot High Drought Karnataka Gulbarga High - Karnataka Bidar High Drought Karnataka Koppal High Drought Karnataka Dharwad High Drought Karnataka Bellary High Drought Karnataka Tumkur High Drought Karnataka Kolar High - Karnataka Bangalore (Rural) High Drought Karnataka Hassan High - Karnataka Mysore High Drought Karnataka Chamarajanagar High Drought Kerala Kasaragod Very High Cyclone Kerala Kozhikode Very High Cyclone Kerala Ernakulam Very High Cyclone Kerala Kottayam Very High Drought Kerala Alappuzha Very High Flood Kerala Pathanamthitta Very High Flood Kerala Kollam Very High Cyclone Kerala Thiruvanathapuram Very High Drought Kerala Kannur High Cyclone Kerala Wayanad High Drought Kerala Malappuram High Cyclone Kerala Palakkad High Drought Kerala Thrissur High Cyclone 5Madhya Pradesh Bhind Very High Drought Madhya Pradesh Jhabua Very High Drought Madhya Pradesh Morena High Drought Madhya Pradesh Datia High Drought Madhya Pradesh Tikamgarh High Drought Madhya Pradesh Chhatarpur High - Madhya Pradesh Panna High - Madhya Pradesh Rewa High - Madhya Pradesh Shahdol High - Madhya Pradesh Sidhi High - Madhya Pradesh Mandsaur High - Madhya Pradesh Ratlam High Drought Madhya Pradesh Barwani High Drought Madhya Pradesh Betul High - Madhya Pradesh Dindori High - Madhya Pradesh Mandla High - Maharashtra Nanded Very High - Maharashtra Beed Very High Drought Maharashtra Nandurbar High Drought Maharashtra Akola High - Maharashtra Washim High - Maharashtra Wardha High - Maharashtra Chandrapur High - Maharashtra Hingoli High Drought Maharashtra Parbhani High - Maharashtra Jalna High - Maharashtra Ahmednagar High Drought Maharashtra Latur High Drought Maharashtra Osmanabad High Drought Manipur Senapati High - Manipur Churachandpur High - Manipur Thoubal High - Manipur Imphal East High Flood Manipur Ukhrul High - Manipur Chandel High - Meghalaya West Garo Hills Very High Drought Meghalaya East Garo Hills Very High Drought Meghalaya South Garo Hills Very High Drought Meghalaya West Khasi Hills Very High Drought Meghalaya East Khasi Hills Very High Drought Meghalaya Jaintia Hills Very High Drought Meghalaya Ri-Bhoi High - 6Mizoram Lawngtlai Very High Drought Mizoram Saiha Very High Drought Mizoram Kolasib High - Mizoram Aizawl High - Mizoram Champhai High - Mizoram Serchhip High - Mizoram Lunglei High Drought Nagaland Tuensang Very High Drought Nagaland Mon High - Nagaland Mokokchung High Drought Nagaland Zunheboto High - Nagaland Wokha High - Nagaland Phek High - Orissa Keonjhar Very High Cyclone Orissa Balasore (Baleshwar) Very High Cyclone Orissa Kendrapara Very High Cyclone Orissa Jagatsingpur Very High Flood Orissa Jajpur Very High Cyclone Orissa Puri Very High Flood Orissa Baragarh High - Orissa Mayurbhanj High Cyclone Orissa Bhadrak High Cyclone Orissa Dhenkanal High Cyclone Orissa Nayagarh High Cyclone Orissa Khurda High Cyclone Orissa Ganjam High Cyclone Orissa Gajapati High Cyclone Orissa Bolangir High Drought Orissa Nuapada High Drought Orissa Kalahandi High Drought Orissa Rayagada High - Orissa Nabarangpur High - Punjab Gurdaspur Very High Drought Punjab Jalandhar Very High Drought Punjab Moga Very High Drought Punjab Faridkot Very High Drought Punjab Bathinda Very High Drought Punjab Firozpur High Drought Punjab Muktsar High Drought Punjab Mansa High Drought Punjab Sangrur High Flood Rajasthan Ganganagar Very High Drought 7Rajasthan Hanumangarh Very High Drought Rajasthan Churu Very High Drought Rajasthan Jhunjhunu Very High Drought Rajasthan Alwar Very High Drought Rajasthan Karauli Very High Drought Rajasthan Dausa Very High Drought Rajasthan Sikar Very High Drought Rajasthan Nagaur Very High Drought Rajasthan Jodhpur Very High Drought Rajasthan Jaisalmer Very High Drought Rajasthan Barmer Very High Drought Rajasthan Jalore Very High Drought Rajasthan Pali Very High Drought Rajasthan Bhilwara Very High Drought Rajasthan Dungarpur Very High Drought Rajasthan Banswara Very High Drought Rajasthan Bikaner High Drought Rajasthan Bharatpur High Drought Rajasthan Dholpur High Drought Rajasthan Jaipur High Drought Rajasthan Sirohi High Drought Rajasthan Ajmer High Drought Rajasthan Tonk High Drought Rajasthan Bundi High Drought Rajasthan Rajsamand High Drought Rajasthan Udaipur High - Sikkim South Very High - Sikkim North High Drought Sikkim West High - Sikkim East High - Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri High Drought Tamil Nadu Villupuram High Drought Tamil Nadu Coimbatore High Drought Tamil Nadu Perambalur High Drought Tamil Nadu Ramanathapuram High Drought Telangana Adilabad High - Telangana Mahabubnagar High - Uttar Pradesh Bagpat Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Unnao Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Kannauj Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Etawah Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Auraiya Very High Drought 8Uttar Pradesh Kanpur (Dehat) Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Jalaun Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Jhansi Very High - Uttar Pradesh Hamirpur Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Mahoba Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Banda Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Chitrakut Very High - Uttar Pradesh Fatehpur Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Kaushambi Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Allahabad Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Bahraich Very High Flood Uttar Pradesh Shravasti Very High - Uttar Pradesh Balrampur Very High Flood Uttar Pradesh Gonda Very High Flood Uttar Pradesh Basti Very High Drought Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur Very High Flood Uttar Pradesh Sant Ravidas Nagar Very High Flood Uttar Pradesh Saharanpur High Drought Uttar Pradesh Rampur High Drought Uttar Pradesh Jyotiba Phulenagar High Drought Uttar Pradesh Aligarh High Drought Uttar Pradesh Hathras High Drought Uttar Pradesh Mathura High Flood Uttar Pradesh Agra High Drought Uttar Pradesh Budaun High Flood Uttar Pradesh Pilibhit High Flood Uttar Pradesh Shahjahanpur High Flood Uttar Pradesh Sitapur High Flood Uttar Pradesh Rae-Bareily High Drought Uttar Pradesh Farrukhabad High Flood Uttar Pradesh Kanpur City High Drought Uttar Pradesh Lalitpur High Drought Uttar Pradesh Pratapgarh High Drought Uttar Pradesh Ambedkar Nagar High Drought Uttar Pradesh Siddharth Nagar High Flood Uttar Pradesh Sant Kabir Nagar High Flood Uttar Pradesh Maharajganj High Flood Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur High Flood Uttar Pradesh Kushi Nagar High Flood Uttar Pradesh Deoria High Flood Uttar Pradesh Varanasi High Flood Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur High Flood 9Uttar Pradesh Sonbhadra High - Uttarakhand Uttarkashi Very High - Uttarakhand Rudraprayag Very High - Uttarakhand Tehri Garwal Very High - Uttarakhand Pithoragarh Very High Drought Uttarakhand Bageshwar Very High Drought Uttarakhand Almora Very High Drought Uttarakhand Champawat Very High Drought Uttarakhand Chamoli High - Uttarakhand Pauri Garhwal High - West Bengal Malda Very High Flood West Bengal 24-Paraganas (North) Very High Cyclone West Bengal 24-Paraganas (South) Very High Cyclone West Bengal Darjeeling High - West Bengal Jalpaiguri High Drought West Bengal Cooch Behar High Flood West Bengal Dinajpur (Uttar) High Flood West Bengal Dinajpur (Dakshin) High Flood West Bengal Murshidabad High Flood West Bengal Birbhum High Flood West Bengal Nadia High Flood West Bengal Purulia High - West Bengal Howrah High Flood West Bengal Midnapore High Cyclone ****** 10