Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture & Its Mitigating Priorities

Manas Ranjan Senapati^1, , Bhagirathi Behera² and Sruti Ranjan Mishra³

¹Department of Chemistry, Trident Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

²Former Director Environment, Government of Odisha

³Department of Chemistry, C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, India

Cite this paper:
Manas Ranjan Senapati, Bhagirathi Behera and Sruti Ranjan Mishra. Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture & Its Mitigating Priorities. American Journal of Environmental Protection. 2013; 1(4):109-111. doi: 10.12691/env-1-4-6

Abstract

This paper considers the needed adaptation measures including changes needed for mitigation to improve agriculture sector in India. It considers the likely changes that climate change will bring in temperature, precipitation and extreme rainfall, drought, flooding, storms, sea-level rise and environmental health risks and the overall impact on agriculture. The agricultural sector is the major source of employment in . Climate change has adverse impacts on agriculture, hydropower, forest management and biodiversity. Anticipated impacts on agriculture from climate change and its various aspects have been studied.

Keywords:
adaptation precipitation global warming biodiversity rurbanisation

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