Volume : II, Issue : III, December - 2012

Global Climatic Changes & its Effect on Agriculture

Sanjay Radadiya

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One primary objective of this paper is to find out the effects global worming on agriculture. Agriculture is one of the most weather–dependent of all human activities. It is ironic, then, that a significant percentage of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Fossil fuel–intensive agriculture is contributing to the creation of the unpredictable weather conditions that all farmers will need to battle in the not–too–distant future. Agriculture Land values to climate differences could capture the impact of climate on agricultural productivity and thus be used to calculate prospective effects of global warming. In a country like India where seventy percent of the population is dependent on agriculture, it is imperative that the effect of such drastic changes in environment are studied. Also, it is equally important that we rely more on scientifically proven facts about global climate changes rather than mere conjectures and exaggerations. Man’s relentless pursuit of material comfort and ‘happiness’ has engendered an irreversible harm to the environment – statements such as these abound environmental magazines, newspapers and the rest of the media. Hardly a day passes without us having to hear such words as “catastrophe”, “natural diseases”, “crisis”, etc. in the media. We hear of calving of ice bergs in Greenland and flash floods in the American Southwest. We also hear apocalyptic predictions made by scientists, environmentalists and even the laymen about the coastal cities of India getting inundated by the sea.

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Sanjay Radadiya Global Climatic Changes & its Effect on Agriculture Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.II, Issue.III December 2012

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