SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SELECTED CROPS AND DOMESTICATED ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN INDIA

Abstract

India is second most populated country in the world, where the majority of rural population is still dependent on agriculture for their livelihood and over 600 million farmers are involved in agriculture related activities. Agriculture and allied activities contribute about 13.9% to the gross domestic product of India. India has 52% of cultivable land and varied climates. With arable land area of 168 million hectares, India ranks second only to the U.S. in size of agricultural area. India, a developing nation quite vulnerable to climate change, can also cause tremendous impact on world food demand. This study seek to understand how the severity of climatic effect (most vulnerable regions or states) in particular regions in India caused drastic reduction in agriculture production and growth rate of yield and analyse the rate of agricultural production decrease due the climate change in some selected regions of India