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UPSC Prelims 2021 · Agriculture · Farming Green
In the context of India’s preparation for Climate-smart Agriculture, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?
- The ‘Climate-Smart Village’ approach in India is a part of a project led by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), an international research programme.
- The project of CCAFS is carried out under Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) headquartered in France.
- The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India is one of the CGIAR’s research centres.
- (a) 1 and 2 Only
- (b) 2 and 3 Only
- (c) 1 and 3 Only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
All three are correct.
Statement by statement
1. ✓ CORRECT Climate-Smart Villages in India are part of the CCAFS programme.
2. ✓ CORRECT CCAFS is a CGIAR research programme; CGIAR’s headquarters was in Montpellier, France.
3. ✓ CORRECT ICRISAT (Hyderabad) is a CGIAR centre.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Drops ICRISAT as a CGIAR centre.
(b) Drops the CCAFS link.
(c) Drops the CGIAR headquarters in France.
The trap
The France headquarters sounds surprising — CGIAR’s System Organisation was in Montpellier.
🔒 CGIAR centres in India: ICRISAT (Hyderabad), IRRI South Asia centre (Varanasi), ILRI, IWMI offices.