Current Research in Agriculture and Farming (CRAF)
Year : 2025, Volume 6, Issue 6
First page : 46-53
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-7146.293
Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Adaptive Mitigation Strategies
1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Plant Physiology, CCS HAU, Hisar 2Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Horticulture (Fruit Science), RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan 3Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Horticulture, PG College of Agriculture, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University Pusa Bihar 4Project Executive, Department of Agriculture, Kerala Climate Resilient Agri-Value Chain Modernization Project (KERA) 5Senior Scientist, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, CCS HAU, Hisar *Corresponding Author E-mail: bhupneshsharma186@gmail.com Received: 21.10.2025 | Revised: 29.11.2025 | Accepted: 18.12.2025
ABSTRACT
Climate change poses one of the most significant threats to global agricultural productivity, food security, and rural livelihoods. Rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, increased frequency of extreme weather events, and elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are profoundly reshaping agricultural systems worldwide. Research indicates that for every 1°C increase in global mean temperature, yields of major cereal crops such as wheat, maize, rice, and soybean decline by approximately 3–7% (Zhao et al., 2017). Developing nations, particularly in tropical and arid regions, face disproportionately severe consequences due to limited adaptive capacity. This review synthesizes current scientific evidence on climate change impacts on crop production, livestock, water resources, and soil health, while examining adaptive mitigation strategies including climate-smart agriculture, drought-resistant crop varieties, conservation tillage, agroforestry, precision farming, and carbon sequestration techniques. The integration of traditional knowledge with modern technological innovations emerges as essential for building resilient and sustainable agricultural systems.
