Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Impact of climate change in Indian agricultural context: A review article
Author(s): Girish Goyal, Aparajita Singh, Ashok Kumar, Sanjay Kumar and Neeraj Kumar Gupta
Abstract: The climate change and clear evidence of observed changes in climate during 20th century, an increasing emphasis on food security and its regional impacts has come to forefront of the scientific community. In recent times, the crop simulation models have been used extensively to study the impact of climate change on agricultural production and food security. The paper ends with some comments on Indian agricultural policy in the era of climate change. An extended annotated bibliography provides a compendium of the likely impact of climate change on the yield and productivity of several major crops in India, on water-related parameters such as evaporation, water runoff and soil moisture; and on soil productivity, pests and crop diseases. Agriculture is facing ecological and economical challenges. The major effects can be generalized as changes in the geographical limits to agriculture, changes in crop yields and impacts on agricultural system. Indian agriculture is particularly sensitive to climate change and variability. The economic impact of climate change on Indian agriculture. I estimate the effect of random year-to-year variation in weather on agricultural output using a 40-year district-level panel data set covering over 200 Indian districts. These results suggest that climate change is likely to impose significant costs on the Indian economy unless farmers can quickly recognize and adapt to increasing temperatures. Such rapid adaptation may be less plausible in a developing country, where access to information and capital is limited. Indian agriculture remains vulnerable to the vagaries of weather, and the looming threat of climate change may expose this vulnerability further.
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Girish Goyal, Aparajita Singh, Ashok Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Neeraj Kumar Gupta. Impact of climate change in Indian agricultural context: A review article. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):280-283.
