Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rainfed Farming Project(UCRRFP)

Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rain-fed Farming Project (UCRRFP) will be implemented by the Watershed Management Directorate, Uttarakhand. The project development objectives are to improve resilience of production system to make mountain farming GHG Emission competitive and profitable in selected micro watersheds of Uttarakhand. UCRRFP is a six year project to be operational from 2024 to 2030. Uttarakhand being a hilly state agriculture is pre- dominantly rain-fed and remains vulnerable to moderate to extreme weather conditions. Sustaining increase agriculture outputs in a rapidly changing climate will require adaptation at a faster pace. Enhancing food security while reducing GHG Emissions from farming practices will require transition to production systems that are more productive, use input more efficiently, have greater stability in outputs and are resilient to short and long term climate variability. Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rainfed Farming Project (UCRRFP) will be implemented in 06 hilly districts and 02 plain districts of Uttarakhand covering about 1000 villages and comprising of 58 Micro watershed clusters.