1Department of Agriculture Economics, ASPEE College of Horticulture & Forestry, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari – 396 450, Gujarat
2Centre for Agricultural Marketing, AABMI, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari – 396 450, Gujarat
3NABARD, Gujarat Regional Office, Ahmedabad-380 013, Gujarat
4ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500 030, Telangana
5Department of Agricultural Economics, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari – 396 450, Gujarat
Online published on 24 February, 2018.
To mitigate climate change effect, farmers use technologies like change in varieties, change in irrigation system, use of drought-tolerant varieties, mulching and mixed farming practices, use of bio-fertilizers and pesticides, watershed management, change in land use, new farm management practices, etc. The climate models have shown that increased production from the areas that will ‘benefit’ from climate change will be smaller than the decline in those that will ‘lose’ global supply. This will most likely lead to a rise in agricultural prices. It has been projected that impact of climate change will further magnify the decline in productivity of many crops and risk in global food prices. NABARD has been accredited by the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the only National Implementing Entity (NIE) for India. The NIEs will have responsibility of overall management of the projects and programmes financed by the Adaptation Fund.
Climate change, adaptation, mitigation, food security
