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Climate smart agriculture: are we poised to outsmart climate change impacts? [1]

Despite the spectacular success of the green revolution and achieving self-sufficiency in food production, there are increasing concerns on sustaining the pace of agricultural growth to feed the large population of our country. Lack of yield breakthroughs, deteriorating soil health, groundwater depletion, declining size of operational holdings and labour shortage are some of the prime reasons for slow growth of agriculture. (Editorial)

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
10/03/2017
B. Venkateswarlu [3]
Current Science [4]
112
5
891-892
Tags:
Agriculture [5], Climate Change [6], Climate Impacts [7], Food Security [8], Rainfall Pattern [9], Soil Erosion [10], Extreme Weather Events [11], Climate Mitigation [12], Crop Residues [13]
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[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/112/05/0891.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/b-venkateswarlu-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[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/food-security
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-residues