Abstract:
India is an agricultural dependent country and agriculture is the only source of livelihood for
most of the population. Industrialization that resulted in to climate change, has affected the crop
production to large extend by changing rain fall pattern. A warming climate and decreasing soil
moisture can also result in increasing need for irrigation. Besides, natural calamities, floods &
droughts have disastrous effect on agriculture. Decreased agricultural output has put pressure on
farmers resulting in to increased rate of suicidal cases in India. This paper represents the
scenario of agriculture in the era of climate change that has been adversely affecting the lives of
the farmers who are under tremendous pressure due to economic stress. Some of the Government
policies & suggestive measures have also been discussed to overcome this problem. |
