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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Saving agriculture from weather woes -Divya Pandey and Avinash Kishore

Saving agriculture from weather woes -Divya Pandey and Avinash Kishore

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published Published on May 18, 2015   modified Modified on May 18, 2015
-Livemint.com

The agriculture sector continues to be at risk from climate variability, be it drought or excessive rainfall

Unseasonal rains and hailstorms in March and April caused severe damage to more than 10 million hectares of wheat, mustard, potato and other rabi crops. Independent estimates project damages to be as high as Rs.65,000 crore. In Haryana alone, standing crops in over 1.7 million hectares of land were affected. Unexpected rainfall late in the growing season can be even worse than droughts. It undoes all the investment, efforts and hopes of farmers nurtured through the season.

Unfortunately, climate models predict that such irregular weather events are likely to increase in the future, both in frequency and intensity. Unlike droughts, this problem cannot be mitigated by building structures such as tanks, ponds, tubewells and dams. What is needed is an institutional umbrella to protect farmers from unpredictable weather and helping them adapt to it.

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Livemint.com, 17 May, 2015, http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/JHAv3hY96OGCn8uzUUcPPO/Saving-agriculture-from-weather-woes.html


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