National Institute of
Disaster Management (NIDM) is developing a National Agriculture Disaster
Management Plan (NADMP) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
with the aim to strengthen resilience of farming community to deal with
disasters and weather uncertainties. The document will also provide guidance to
the attached, affiliated and subordinate offices as well as other agencies
within the Agriculture Department to manage the risks of disasters before,
during and after a disaster.
These include assessing
the sectoral and departmental risks of disasters, mitigating the existing risks
of disasters, preventing creation of new risks of disasters, presenting the
status of its preparedness to perform its role and responsibilities as defined
in the State DM Policy and State DM Plan, measures proposed for strengthening
capacity-building and preparedness etc.
The concepts, issues and
recommendations can be directly quoted in the Mains Answer to fetch good marks.
Index:
1.
Introduction
2.
Challenges of Indian Agriculture
3.
Remedial Strategies
4.
Need of NADMP and Legal Mandates
towards it