Economic Affairs
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue: 2

Impact of Climate Change on Wheat and Rice Production: An Analysis

  • Author:
  • K. Vasanta
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 89 to 95

Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Email: kvsnt07@gmail.com

Online published on 20 June, 2013.

Abstract

The impact of climate change on agriculture is being witnessed all over the world, but countries like India are more vulnerable in view of the huge population dependency on agriculture. Monsoons are changing more frequently. Droughts, floods, tropical cyclones, hot extremes and heat waves are making negative impact on agriculture production. Increasing glacier melt in Himalayas may affect the food production in future. Impact of climate is comparative more significant as compared to the past due to increasing global warming, natural calamities and this may result fluctuations in yield of many crops. Climate change may alter the distribution and quality of India's natural resources and may adversely affect the livelihood of its people. This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of climate change on production of wheat and rice.

Keywords

Agriculture, climate change, crop production, rice, wheat