Weather patterns that influence agricultural production in India include the Indian Monsoon and El Niño/La Niña events. Climate change affects agriculture and food security in India through shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns, increased frequency of extreme weather events, and changes in water availability.

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Weather Patterns Influencing Agricultural Production:

Climate Change's Impact on Agriculture and Food Security:

In summary, the Indian Monsoon and phenomena like El Niño/La Niña significantly influence agricultural production in India. Climate change exacerbates challenges in the agricultural sector by altering weather patterns, impacting temperature and precipitation, increasing the frequency of extreme events, and affecting water availability. Adaptation measures are crucial to ensure food security and mitigate the negative effects of climate change on agriculture in India.

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Weather has a significant impact on the prevalence of pests and diseases, the availability of water, and the amount of fertilizer needed to grow crops. Farmers rely on climate patterns and weather forecasting in agriculture to determine which crops to cultivate and when to sow them. Indian agriculture is highly prone to the risks due to climate change; especially to drought, because 2/3rd of the agricultural land in India is rainfed and even the irrigated system is dependent on monsoon rain Reduced agricultural yield is due to factors like an increase in temperature, changes in precipitation patterns, changes in extreme weather events, and reductions in water availability. The effects of climate change on agriculture can result in lower crop yields and nutritional quality due to drought, heat waves and flooding as well as increases in pests and plant diseases. Farmers are more intensively moving towards cultivation of cash/commercial crops such as oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, spices, etc. from the traditional non-cash/non-commercial crops such as cereals and pulses. Farmers have changed their crop patterns in order to reap the benefits of economic expansion as well. The Factors Influencing Agriculture are climate, soil type, irrigation, technology, and population density. Agriculture has played a critical role in the evolution of human civilization. In fact, India, like many other countries, has an agrarian economy that is largely dependent on the agricultural sector.The most important climatic factors that influence growth, development and yield of crops are solar radiation, temperature and rainfall. Optimum temperature is required for maximum dry matter accumulation. For instance, temperature, precipitation, wind, light, humidity, and frost are the most influential climatic factors on agricultural productivity. Climate change further poses a challenge to food security challenges with its influence on food production, costs, and security. Excessive heat or shortage of water can impede crop growth; reduce yields, and influence irrigation, soil quality, and the ecosystem on which agriculture depends. Moderate warming and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may help some plants to grow faster. However, more severe warming, floods, and drought may reduce yields. Livestock may be at risk, both directly from heat stress and indirectly from reduced quality of their food supply. For areas of the world that are already water-constrained, climate change will increasingly cause adverse impacts on agricultural production through diminishing water supplies, increases in extreme events like floods and severe storms, heat stress, and increased prevalence of pests and diseases. Climate change impacts food systems via multiple pathways, including soil fertility, water availability, reduced food yield, reduced food nutrient concentration and bioavailability, increased food anti-nutrient content and increased episodes of infectious diseases.