How to reduce the impact of climate change on agriculture in India and climate change affects environmental sustainability and food security in India?
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Rk Naresh
Reducing the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in India
Impact of Climate Change on Environmental Sustainability and Food Security in India
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Reducing the impact of climate change on agriculture in India requires a multifaceted approach, including promoting climate-resilient crop varieties, improving water management, enhancing soil health, diversifying farming systems, strengthening early warning systems, supporting farmer education, and investing in infrastructure. Climate change affects environmental sustainability and food security in India by threatening water resources, biodiversity, crop yields, livelihoods, and nutritional quality. Addressing these challenges is essential for building a more resilient and sustainable agricultural system that can ensure food security for India's growing population in the face of climate change.
Climate change is likely to exacerbate food insecurity by increasing food prices and reducing food production. However, by implementing smart agriculture technologies and effective climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) approach, we can mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture in India. Climate change reduces crop yields and lower nutrition quality of produce. Extreme events like droughts affect the food and nutrient consumption, and its impact on farmers. Climate variables also play a crucial role, as rising temperatures adversely impact food security, leading to a decrease of 1.2% in the short run and 1.7% in the long run for every 1% temperature increase. Climate change has a direct and significant impact on food insecurity. As global temperatures rise, food production becomes more difficult and uncertain due to changes in weather patterns, extreme weather events, and other environmental disruptions. Food security can be achieved only if the food systems become sustainable. Therefore, sustainability is the basis of food production and ensuring healthy consumption. High temperatures, changing precipitation levels, and extreme weather conditions such as droughts, floods, cyclones, etc. will reduce agricultural productivity. Unsustainable agricultural practices lead to soil erosion, eventually leading to a drastic loss in yields. Climate change will alter pest, plant disease and weed distributions, with potential to reduce crop yields, including of staple crops like wheat, soybeans, and corn (maize). Warmer temperatures can increase the metabolic rate and number of breeding cycles of insect populations. The environment is a huge element linked to climate change due to the impact climate change has on the environment. This means that environmental sustainability is crucial in reducing the impacts of climate change. Environmental sustainability focuses on sustainability within the natural environment. (i) Identifying most vulnerable districts/regions, (ii) evolving crop varieties and management practices for adaptation and mitigation, (iii) assessing climate change impacts on livestock, fisheries and poultry and identifying adaptation strategies. Efficient nitrogen use and application of organic inputs to dry soil can further reduce methane emissions. Anaerobic digestion of animal manure also has the potential to capture valuable methane gas and create rich fertilisers which can be recycled into energy supplies and farm inputs.
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