{"id":14262,"date":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/08-03-2021\/sub-mission-on-agroforestry-smaf-scheme\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:00:00","slug":"sub-mission-on-agroforestry-smaf-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-03-2021\/sub-mission-on-agroforestry-smaf-scheme","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News: <\/strong>The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare signed a MoU with the <strong>Central Silk Board under the Ministry of Textiles <\/strong>on a <strong>convergence model<\/strong> for the implementation of <strong>Agroforestry in the silk sector <\/strong>under the <strong>Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India will act as a catalyst to <strong>promote Agroforestry in the silk sector.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rationale behind the step<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The signing of this MoU aims to incentivize the <strong>farmers to take up sericulture<\/strong> based <strong>Agroforestry models<\/strong> thereby contributing to the <strong>Make in India and Make for the World <\/strong>vision of the Prime Minister.<\/li>\n<li>It will increase the <strong>income and production of farmers<\/strong> and\u00a0 will also <strong>remove the difficulties faced by them. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The initiative of formalizing the collaboration in the <strong>sericulture sector<\/strong> is especially targeted for augmentation of <strong>sericulture host plants<\/strong> e.g. <strong>Mulberry, Asan, Arjuna, Som, Soalu, Kesseru,<\/strong> <strong>BadaKesseru, Phanat, etc<\/strong>. to be cultivated both as block plantations and border or peripheral plantations on farmlands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC &#038; FW) have been implementing the<strong> Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) <\/strong>since 2016-17 as part of the recommendation of the <strong>National Agroforestry Policy 2014. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>India was the first country<\/strong> to have such a <strong>comprehensive policy <\/strong>which was launched at the <strong>World Agroforestry Congress held in Delhi in February 2014.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0At present, the scheme is being implemented in <strong>20 States and 2 UTs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will be operational under the umbrella of NMSA and is a<strong> centrally sponsored programme<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Activities carried out under the SMAF include raising <strong>seedlings, planting on boundaries<\/strong> and <strong>bunds, low-density planting, high-density planting<\/strong>, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Aim<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It aims to <strong>encourage farmers to plant multi-purpose trees<\/strong> together with the <strong>agriculture crops <\/strong>for <strong>climate resilience .<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The focus of the programme is to <strong>encourage agroforestry <\/strong>which has tremendous <strong>potential to mitigate climate change effects <\/strong>through <strong>moderation of microclimate.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It also provides benefits such as improvement of the soil profile, moisture conservation, conservation of natural resources, and creation of an additional source of livelihood and income opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:624px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#fff2cc; width:6.5in\">\n<p><strong>Agroforestry <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agroforestry systems include both<strong> traditional and modern land-use systems<\/strong> where trees are <strong>managed together with crops and\/or animal production systems in agricultural settings. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a<strong> practical and low-cost <\/strong>means of<strong> implementing many forms of integrated land<\/strong> management (which seeks to reduce human impacts on land), and it contributes to a <strong>green economy by promoting long-term, sustainable, and renewable forest management, especially for small-scale producers. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Steps <\/strong>&#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Major policy initiatives, including the <strong>National Forest Policy 1988, the National Agriculture Policy 2000, Planning Commission Task Force on Greening India 2001,<\/strong> <strong>National Bamboo Mission 2002, National Policy on Farmers, 2007<\/strong> and <strong>Green India Mission 2010,<\/strong> emphasize the <strong>role of agroforestry<\/strong> for efficient nutrient cycling, organic matter addition for sustainable agriculture and for improving vegetation cover.<\/li>\n<li>However, agroforestry has not gained the desired importance as a resource development tool due to various factors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sericulture<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u00a0 is the rearing of<strong> silkworms for the production of raw silk<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The major activities of <strong>sericulture comprises food-plant<\/strong> cultivation to feed the <strong>silkworms which spin silk cocoons<\/strong> and <strong>reeling the cocoons<\/strong> for <strong>unwinding the silk <\/strong>fil<strong>ament for value added benefits <\/strong>such as processing and weaving.<\/li>\n<li>Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, <strong>Bombyx mori<\/strong> is the most widely used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silk-fiber<\/strong> is a <strong>protein <\/strong>produced from <strong>the silk-glands of silkworms.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sericulture is ideally <strong>suited for improving the rural economy<\/strong> of the country, as it is practiced as a <strong>subsidiary industry to agriculture. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Steps &#8211;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Government of India through the Central<strong> Silk Board<\/strong> has been implementing a <strong>Central Sector Scheme \u201cSilk Samagra\u201d<\/strong> an <strong>Integrated Scheme<\/strong> for Development of <strong>Silk Industry (ISDSI) <\/strong>during the year (2017-20) .<\/li>\n<li>The scheme comprises four (4) major <strong>Components <\/strong>viz. (i) Research &#038; Development, Training, Transfer of Technology and I.T. Initiatives, (ii) Seed Organizations, (iii) Coordination and Market Development and (iv) Quality Certification Systems (QCS) \/ Export Brand Promotion and Technology Up-gradation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aims &#038; objective &#8211;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>To scale up production by <strong>improving the quality and productivity<\/strong> and to empower downtrodden, poor &#038; backward families through various activities of sericulture in the country.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1703050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source :PIB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare signed a MoU with the Central Silk Board under the Ministry of Textiles on a convergence model for the implementation of Agroforestry in the silk sector under the Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme. \u00a0The Central Silk Board (CSB), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India will act [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-14262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-gs-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/34611current-affairs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}