National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture

The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture was launched during the Twelfth Five Year Plan in 2013. NMSA seeks to transform Indian agriculture into a climate resilient production system through suitable adaptation and mitigation measures in domains of both crops and animal husbandry.

Objectives: To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient by promoting location specific Integrated/Composite Farming Systems;

• To conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures, judicious use of fertilizers etc.
• To optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand coverage for achieving ‘more crop per drop’ ; To develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders, in conjunction with other ongoing Missions.
• To establish an effective inter and intra Departmental/Ministerial co-ordination