Open AccessEffect of Global Warming on Indian Agriculture
Author(s) -
Ruchita Shah,
Rajesh Srivastava
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sustainability in environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2470-6388
pISSN - 2470-637X
DOI - 10.22158/se.v2n4p366
Subject(s) - cropping , agriculture , environmental science , crop , global warming , climate change , atmospheric sciences , agronomy , monsoon , climatology , biology , ecology , geology
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy which in turn relies on the monsoon season. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected that the global mean surface temperature will likely rise and may result into uneven climatic changes such as irregular rainfall patterns, increased surface temperature and elevated CO 2 content in the atmosphere. Research studies indicate that weathering parameters influence strongly (67%) compared to other factors like soil and nutrient management (33%) during the cropping season. Researchers have confirmed that crop yield falls by 3 - 5% for every 1°F increase in the temperature. Present study shows that the crop production is dependent on temperature and shows a funnel shape for all the seasons. At lower temperature both the properties are almost linearly correlated, whereas at higher temperatures, it increases but with large scattering. The findings may be helpful to study the effect of climate change on the crop production.