Madhya Pradesh is the second largest state of India comprising of fifty districts spread across eleven agro- climatic zones. The rural areas of Madhya Pradesh are primarily dependent on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture making them highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change. As of 2011, the total population of the state stands at 72.6 million with 72.3% being rural. The rural population heavily relies on primary sectors like agriculture, horticulture, fishery, livestock, poultry and forestry for livelihood. Due to climate change, these natural-resource based livelihood sources are expected to be impacted more than the other sectors. Water is a critical resource in the state because several regions such as Bundelkhand suffer the dual challenges of scanty rainfalls and high run-off rates. The state is drained by rain-fed rivers and receives 1160 mm average rainfall annually (MP Resource Atlas 2007, MPCST). The climate data analyzed by IITM Pune indicates a declining trend for rainfall over the state of MP from 1901 to 2000. The water availability in the state has been declining. Thus, the dependence on dwindling rain for the rejuvenation of water resources makes the state highly susceptible to the variations in the distribution and pattern of rain. This irregular pattern eventually influences groundwater resources. Already, the groundwater extraction is unsustainable (for reasons such as highly subsidised electricity and diesel based pump sets) which increases the insecurities in future scenario.
Agriculture is pivotal to the state’s economy, accounting for about 45% of the State Domestic Product (SDP) and more than 70% of the rural labour force . The state is classified into 11 agro-climatic zones and five croppin...
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...ty in climate by the end of the century. The annual average surface temperatures are projected to rise by 1-2oC, shooting up to 3oC and even up to 5oC towards 2020s, 2050s and 2080s respectively, especially in the northern part of Bundelkhand. Projected rise in the minimum temperature is more as compared to the rise in maximum temperature.
In near future, there may not be much change in the seasonal monsoon rainfall; however, it may increase by 5-10% towards 2050s and up to 20% towards 2080s with respect to the baseline. July rainfall is likely to decrease, but other months reveal an increase in the rainfall by the end of the century. The number of cyclonic disturbances may decrease in future but the systems may be more intense with increase in the associated rainfall by 10-15 mm. The number of rainy days may decrease, but they may be more intense in the future.
At the same time, the local agricultural economy was experiencing a deep economic depression due to the severe droughs that had occured throughout the past decade. The loss of crops cut out the average farmers'/planters' main food source as well a...
Climate change has become of the world’s major issue today. The earth’s climate is always changing in a very fast and also in different ways. Climate changes affect our lives psychologically, emotional and also physically. Climate change is defined as a long term change in the earth’s climate, especially a change due to the increase in the average atmospheric temperatures. Due to this change in temperature, a lot of changes has occurred in our environment, these changes include rising sea levels, flooding, melting of polar ice caps, hotter days, colder nights and heat waves. These climate changes plays an important role in shaping our natural ecosystem, our human economics and also the most important, it affects the human race. For
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Agriculture plays an enormous part in having a functioning society. The farming fields in the
Agriculture and forestry are very important to the population there. Livestock, forestry and fishing employ over 53% of the state’s population; however, its productivity is considered low (Knoema,pg.1). Some of their major crops are corn, beans, coffee, soybeans, peanuts, sesame seeds, cacao, sugar cane, mangos, bananas, etc.
Water Issues in South Asia If there is any single most important issue that mars bilateral relations among the countries of the subcontinent, it is water. The issues of cross-border water distribution, utilisation, management and mega irrigation/hydro-electric power projects affecting the upper and lower riparian countries are gradually taking centre-stage in defining interstate relations as water scarcity increases and both drought and floods make life too often miserable. Thanks to its location, size and contiguous borders with other South Asian countries, it is India, in its capacity as both upper and lower riparian, that has come into conflict with most of its neighbours, except Bhutan, on the cross-border water issues. Given an atmosphere of mistrust, an upper riparian India has serious issues to resolve with lower riparian Pakistan and Bangladesh and, despite being lower riparian, with the upper riparian Nepal.
Firstly, the gradually worsening of the climate change effects causing our world lives such as drought and floods which posing many challenges to farmers and ranchers in the agricultural sector. In Thailand, the suffered from big flood in the past two years and the changed in temperature are likely to cause the habit of ranges of many species to shift and lead to a lessen yield of crops that will decline by 17 percent in 2050 (GLF Committee 201...
Climate change is currently affecting agriculture because it is causing prolonged droughts, violent flooding, sea level to rise, and also health related issues. Droughts and flooding utterly affect agriculture because it damages cultivation since the amount of water applied to crops and farming is fundamental to the...
As agriculture has become more intensive, farmers have become capable of producing higher yields using less labour and less land. Growth of the agriculture has not, however, been an unmixed blessing. It, like every other thing, has its pros and cons. Topsoil depletion, groundwater contamination, the decline of family farms, continued neglect of the living and working conditions for farm labourers, increasing costs of production, and the disintegration of economic and social conditions in rural communities. These are the cons of the new improved agriculture.
The global population in the year 2050 is expected to be nine billion and the agricultural demand is expected to double. With the current population already over seven billion people, there are hunger issues all around the world (“New” par. 1). How are we going to deal with food shortages in the future? With less land to work with, strains on the soils, and the lack of water, it is getting harder for the farmers of the world to support our growing population. These complications are making it harder for farmers to produce quality, affordable food. To help the crops grow better, farmers use fertilizers and chemical sprays to enhance growth and control the weeds. Farming in the United States is a relevant business because it supplies people with food, provides people with jobs maintaining the used equipment with the new equipment being much more expensive, and it provides research for more efficient ways on how to feed the world.
The problem of water scarcity has increasingly spread throughout the world as of yet, The UN reports that within the next half- century up to 7 billion people in 60 countries which is more than the whole present population will face water scarcity (Sawin “Water Scarcity could Overwhelm the Next Generation”). As well the demand for freshwater has tripled over the past 50 years, and is continuing to rise as a result of population growth and economic development. 70% of this demand derives from agriculture which shows the influence of water on food supply globally as well not just drinking water (Sawin “Water Scarcity could overwhelm the Next Generation”). But increasing water use is not just a matter of the greater number of people needing it to drink and eat; it also comes from pollution and misuse of water supplies, by either dumping or runoff of bacteria or chemicals into water. This also “causes other pollutions as well such as soil and air pollution, accelerating wetland damage and human caused global warming” (Smith and Thomassey 25). According to UN report, recent estimates suggest that climate change will account for about 20 percent of the increase in global water scarcity in coming decades.
Global warming has been a major topic of environmental concern over the past several decades. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently predicted a 1 to 3.5 degree Celsius increase in average atmospheric temperature above 1990 levels by the year 2100. Although this temperature increase may seem small, even an increase or decrease of a few degrees in atmospheric temperature is capable of causing drastic alterations in the agricultural process, among many other everyday issues. Though many studies have been done on the probable effects of an increase in global mean temperature, much is still unknown or only guessed at, due to a general lack of deeper understanding of Earth?s very complex climate system. The effects of factors such as climate variability, water availability, and quality of adaptive response by farmers to the changing climate cannot be determined conclusively. This results in a rather wide range of variability in predictions of global warming effects on Earth?s various regions. Even specific temperature and precipitation changes cannot be determined, as they will most likely vary greatly from region to region.
However, in developing countries like India, the agricultural sector is heavily dependent on the south-west monsoons. In view of the rising temperatures worldwide due to global warming and changes in weather patterns associated with it, dependence on rains is not always a possible solution. Failure to properly rain can cripple the agricultural sector, which can lead to an overall rise in poverty. Thus, efficient methods of irrigation need to be developed.... ...
Global warming is one of the main causes, which leads to the lack of water and drought. A drought-like condition exists in most of India’s part. Government of India states that 68% of the country is disposed to the drought, which (consequences are) leads to massive migration of people to more favorable places, famine, conflicts among inhabitants. India is known in the world as one of the biggest producers of water-intensive crops such as rice, sugarcane and wheat. According to a survey done by Grail Research, approximately 82% of total water is used for agricultural consumption and 90% of it is employed for irrigation of rice, wheat and sugarcane (Grail Research, LLC, 2009). There are several solutions which could lead to the decr...