eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Environmental Protection 2328-7233 2013-11-12 1 4 109 111 10.12691/env-1-4-6 ENV2013146 article Manas Ranjan Senapati dr_senapati@yahoo.com 1 Bhagirathi Behera 2 Sruti Ranjan Mishra 3 Department of Chemistry, Trident Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Former Director Environment, Government of Odisha Department of Chemistry, C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, India 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. http://pubs.sciepub.com/env/1/4/6/env-1-4-6.pdf adaptationprecipitationglobal warmingbiodiversityrurbanisation