MUMBAI: Climate change may hit the sugar industry in the state with sugarcane crop yields being reduced by up to 30% in the future with long-term socio-economic implications for many farmers.
This was revealed after a four-year study conducted by the World Bank in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa that predicted drops in agricultural yields.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/climate-change-may-hit-sugarcane-crop-wb-report
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sugarcane
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-yield
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-bank
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
