NEW DELHI, Nov. 11 -- India needs to strengthen the availability and use of district-level data to anticipate climate risks and make agricultural and food security policies more responsive to local conditions, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra said on Wednesday, calling for better integration of administrative records, surveys and satellite-based information.
Addressing the 20th annual meeting of the Environment for Development Network at IIM Kozhikode virtually, Mishra said national and state-level data often failed to capture differences in climate risks, agricultural conditions and nutritional outcomes across regions and communities.
"National and state-level averages are important, but they do not always reveal the d...