What strategies can be implemented to mitigate climate change and which effect of climate change will prompt changes in agricultural practices?
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Rk Naresh
Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change
Effects of Climate Change Prompting Changes in Agricultural Practices
Conclusion
Mitigating climate change in agriculture involves adopting sustainable practices, optimizing resource use, and incorporating renewable energy. Changes in temperature, rainfall patterns, extreme weather events, water scarcity, and pest pressures will drive adaptations in agricultural practices, such as adopting resilient crop varieties, improving irrigation efficiency, and enhancing pest management strategies. These adaptations are crucial for sustaining agricultural productivity and ensuring food security in the face of climate change.
In essence, adaptation can be understood as the process of adjusting to the current and future effects of climate change. Mitigation means preventing or reducing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere to make the impacts of climate change less severe. National climate change mitigation strategies, policies and other accompanying measures are also in development. These include targets for greenhouse gas emissions in key sectors of the economy, promoting the use of renewable energy and low carbon fuels, energy efficiency improvements in buildings, and many more. Reducing greenhouse gases can be achieved by: Shifting away from fossil fuels: Fossil fuels are the biggest source of greenhouse gases, so transitioning to modern renewable energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal power, and advancing sustainable modes of transportation, is crucial. Or install solar panels on your roof to generate energy for your home. Switching your home from oil, gas or coal-powered energy to renewable sources of energy, such as wind or solar, can reduce your carbon footprint by up to 1.5 tons of CO2 emission per year. Rising temperatures and changing weather patterns often result in lower crop yields due to water scarcity caused by drought, heat waves and flooding. These effects of climate change can also increase the risk of several regions suffering simultaneous crop failures. Climate change can affect agriculture in a variety of ways. Beyond a certain range of temperatures, warming tends to reduce yields because crops speed through their development, producing less grain in the process and higher temperatures also interfere with the ability of plants to get and use moisture. The classical mitigation options in the agricultural sector at large include forest-related measures of reducing deforestation and forest degradation and increasing afforestation and reforestation, along with forest management interventions to maintain or increase forest carbon density, and efforts to increase carbon sequestration. Applied Agricultural Practices for Mitigating Climate Change examines several important aspects of crop production, such as the use of microorganisms and biofertilizers as well as GIS and remote sensing applications. Warming temperatures bring new pests into agricultural areas, requiring changes in farming practices such as pest management, crop selection, and adaptation techniques to combat reduced yields and increased drought caused by climate change. In the future, 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.
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