Current Research in Agriculture and Farming (CRAF)
Year : 2020, Volume : 1, Issue : 2
First page : (32) Last page : (36)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-7146.105

Trends of Climate Change and Their Impact on Indian Livelihood

Gyan Prakash Morya* and Rajnish Kumar
Deptt. of Entomology, B.R.D.P.G. College, Deoria, U.P., India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: gyanprakash978@gmail.com
Received: 21.04.2020  |  Revised: 24.05.2020   |  Accepted: 29.05.2020  

 ABSTRACT

India is a vast country occupying 2.4% world geographical area sharing 16.2% of the global human population and 15% of the global livestock population. It is endowed with varied climate supporting rich biodiversity and high diverse ecology. More than 60% of its population living in rural areas, where agriculture is the major concerns of rural economy, that is the backbone of Indian economy. The Indian economy is mostly agrarian based and depends on onset of monsoon and its further behavior. The livelihood of the rural people are directly dependent on climate sensitive natural resources like land, water and forests. The impact of climate change on these natural resources affect the agriculture, forests, water resources and human health. The impact of global climate change on agriculture might end in issues with food security and should threaten the sustenance activities upon that abundant of the population depends. The global climate change and warming cause important threat to agriculture. Pests population are strongly dependent upon temperature and humidity. It has been predicted that 10-40% losses in crop production in India with increase in temperature 3 to 5ºC by the end of 21 century (IPCC, 2007; Ninan and Bedamatta, 2012). Lower yields from dairy cow and decline in fish breeding, migration and harvests ar impacts of temperature change. Changes in climate might alter the distribution of necessary vector species and should increase the unfold of vector borne diseases. The loss in net revenue at the farm level is calculable to vary between 9% to 25% for a temperature rise of 2ºC to 3.5ºC. This paper was attempted to review the extensive studies on current trends of climate change and their impact on Indian livelihood.

Key words: Climate change, Global warming, Livelihood, Agriculture, India.

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Cite this article: Morya, G.P. & Kumar, R. (2020). Trends of Climate Change and Their Impact on Indian Livelihood, Curr. Rese. Agri. Far. 1(1), 32-36. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-7146.105