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A district level assessment of vulnerability of Indian agriculture to climate change [1]

By 2050, India is likely to experience a temperature rise of 1-4°C; rainfall will increase by 9-16 per cent. This will have a detrimental effect on farmers in more than half of the country.

Assessing vulnerability to climate change and variability is an important first step in evolving appropriate adaptation strategies to changing climate. Such an analysis also helps in targeting adaptation investments, specific to more vulnerable regions. Adopting the definition of vulnerability given by IPCC, vulnerability was assessed for 572 rural districts of India.

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Publication Date: 
25/05/2016
C. A. Rama Rao [17], B. M. K. Raju [18], A. V. M. Subba Rao & et al [19]
Current Science [20]
110
10
1939-1946
Tags:
Agriculture [21], Climate Change [22], Climate Impacts [23], India [24], Food Security [25], Poverty [26], Rainfall Pattern [27], Monsoons [28]

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