PoCRA Scheme
Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra in association with World Bank has rolled out Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivani Prakalp, also known as Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (PoCRA), which is an ambitious project aimed at promoting climate-resilient agriculture in the State of Maharashtra.
The Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture (PoCRA) aims to enhance climate resilience and profitability of 700,000 small (1-2 ha) and 10,00,000 marginal (less than 1 hectare) farmers in 5000 villages across 15 drought and salinity / sodicity-affected districts of Maharashtra.
Abbreviations for PoCRA Scheme
- AOA – Article of Association
- APMC – Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee
- BBF – Broad Bed Furrow
- BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
- BOD – Board of Director
- BPL – Below Poverty Line
- CAAA – Controller of Aid, Accounts and Audit
- CCT – Continuous Contour Trenches
- CDP – Cluster Development Plan
- CEM – Carbon Enhancement Measures
- CEP – Carbon Enhancement Potential
- CHC – Custom Hiring Centre
- CNB – Cement Nala Bund
- CRIDA – Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
- CRT – Climate Resilient Technology
- CSSRI – Central Soil Science Research Institute
- DEA – Department of Economic Affairs
- DOA – Department of Agriculture
- DSAO – District Superintending Agriculture Officer
- EMF – Environment Management Framework
- ENB – Earthen Nala Bund
- ESMF – Environment Social Management Framework
- FFS – Farmer Field School
- FGD – Focus Group Discussion
- FIG – Farmer Interest Group
- FLD – Front Line Demonstration
- FPC – Farmer Producer Company
- FPO – Farmer Producer Organization
- GAP – Good Agricultural Practices
- GDDP – Gross District Domestic Product
- GDP – Gross Domestic Product
- GHG – Greenhouse Gas
- GoI – Government of India
- GoM – Government of Maharashtra
- GP – Gram Panchayat
- GSDP – Gross State Domestic Product
- GVA – Gross Value Added
- HDI – Human Development Index
- ICT – Information Communication Technology
- IMD – Indian Meteorological Department
- IPM – Integrated Pest Management
- INM – Integrated Nutrient Management
- INCCA – Indian Network of Climate Change Analysis
- INDC – Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
- IWMP – Integrated Watershed Management Programme
- KPI – Key Performance Indicator
- KVK – Krushi Vigyan Kendra
- MACP – Maharashtra Agriculture Competitiveness Project
- MGNREGA – Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
- MIS – Management Information System
- MPKV – Mahatma Phule Krushi Vidyapeeth
- MSAMB – Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board
- MLE – Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation
- mn – Million
- MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
- MT – Metric Ton
- MWS – Micro-Watershed
- NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
- NAPCC – National Action Plan on Climate Change
- NICRA – National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture
- PAO – Pays and Accounts Officer
- PDO – Project Development Objective
- PDKV – Punjabrao Deshmukh Krushi Vidyapeeth
- PMKSY – Prime Minister Krushi Sinchai Yojna
- PMU – Project Management Unit
- PRA – Participatory Rural Appraisal
- PRI – Panchayat raj Institution
- RAMETI – Regional Agricultural Extension Management Training Institute
- RFD – Result Framework Document
- ROM – Rest of Maharashtra
- SAU – State Agriculture University
- SC – Scheduled Caste
- SDAO – Sub-divisional Agricultural Officer
- SFAC – Small Farmer Agribusiness Consortium
- SHG – Self Help Groups
- SOC – Soil Organic Carbon
- SREP – Strategic Research Extension Plan
- ST – Scheduled Tribe
- TPPF – Tribal Peoples Planning Framework
- VCRMC – Village Climate Resilient Agriculture Management Committee
- YASHADA – Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration
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