These include the crop cycle approach, popularising climate-resilient varieties, promoting climate-smart agriculture

ITC is working on a set of short-term actions to mitigate any impact of a harsh summer projected in the country.

The company’s agronomy teams have worked out region-specific practices to minimise the impact of heat waves and unseasonal rains through a host of multi-dimensional measures.

Sanjiv Puri, ITC Chairman said that these include the crop cycle approach, popularising climate-resilient varieties, promoting climate-smart agriculture and contingency planning.

ITC has been working on climate risk modelling for a while. “We are identifying hotspots, and based on the nature of problems, taking mitigating steps. A very localised action has to be taken,” Puri said.