A Review for Analyzing the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security in India
Ajay Kumar Singh, Bhim Jyoti, K. G. Sankaranarayanan
Abstract
Food security (FS) is basically determined by food-grains production. While food-grain production highly depends on climate change. Therefore, this chapter analyses the effect of climate change on food-grains crops that help to increase FS as per the previous literature. It also observes the interconnection among the agricultural production and FS promoting indicators in India. It explains the challenges and drawbacks of the Indian agricultural sector. India should give extensive importance to increase agricultural development to ensure the FS of the coming generation. Otherwise, India cannot achieve sustainable development without improving the agricultural sector and FS. Indian farmers should adopt sustainable agricultural management practices to increase FS. Soil health, water use efficiency, protection of ecosystem services, adaptation strategies, crop insurance policies, and food-grain storage may be favourable to increase FS in India. Policy implications and scope of further research are also provided in this chapter.