Adaptation and intervention in crops for managing atmospheric stresses

Abstract

Climate change is thevariation in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time.The relationship between climate change and agriculture is complex, both ecologically and politically. Climate variability is inherently linked to the productive capacity of agricultural production systems worldwide. In India population depends highly on agriculture and they created excessive pressure on natural resources with poor coping mechanisms.The signifcant negative impacts have been noticed with respect toclimate change, predicted to reduce yield by 4.5 to 9 per cent, roughly up to 1.5 per cent of GDP per year. India is more challenged withimpacts of looming climate change, and agricultural production in the country isbecoming increasingly vulnerable to climatevariability and change characterized by alteredfrequency, timing and magnitude of precipitation and temperature. Therefore, it is need of the hour to enhance resilience of agriculture to climate change through planned adaptation and mitigation strategies.