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Senapati, M.R. (2009),”Vulnerabilities to climate change”, Kurukshetra, A Journal published by Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India.

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Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture & Its Mitigating Priorities

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


American Journal of Environmental Protection. 2013, Vol. 1 No. 4, 109-111
DOI: 10.12691/env-1-4-6
Copyright © 2013 Science and Education Publishing

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Manas Ranjan Senapati, Bhagirathi Behera, 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.

Correspondence to: Manas  Ranjan Senapati, Department of Chemistry, Trident Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Email: dr_senapati@yahoo.com

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.

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