The rise in global temperature owing to climate change will affect agriculture in strikingly different ways in the lower and higher latitudes. While in temperate latitudes a rise in temperature will help developed countries increase food productivity, it will have adverse effects in India and other countries in the tropics.......................................> A World Bank report on climate change impact based on case studies in India has focussed on drought-prone regions of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, and flood-prone districts in Orissa on the edge of climate tolerance limits.
..........................................>Poor and marginal farmers who own less than one acre of land mostly populate these regions. There is an urgent need to evolve comprehensive climate resilience strategies that must factor in risk assessment, better water management, developing varieties that can do well in stressful conditions,..............................> and bringing about certain changes in agricultural practices. Many organisations are already working to develop drought-resistant crops .............................>but the time for bold government and public action is now.
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Welcome degenerationxxx, Yes you are absolutely right.
Something will need to be done.
The huge Indian Continent with its increasing population will need to be fed.
This increasing population means that Indian family farms are becoming smaller and smaller, resulting in inefficiency. Renting out the small family patch and heading for the big citys is becoming the normal practice all over the world. Your Goverment is buying up the small holdings where it can, allowing larger mechanised farming Companys to produce the food.
And as you mention, higher temperatures, can mean lower rainfall in parts of India.Which is why India is now building, two or three very large Dams, on rivers which rise in Pakistan and may become a source of friction between the two countries? The huge Sawalcot dam in occupied Kashmir might be another future problem.When it comes to water and food growing....everybody needs to be friends.
