Agriculture sector in India is vulnerable to climate change. Higher temperatures tend to reduce crop yields and favour weed and pest proliferation. Climate change can have negative effects on irrigated crop yields across agro-ecological regions both due to temperature rise and changes in water availability.

How does climate affect cropping system?

The positive impacts of global warming include the increase in crop productivity due to fertilization effect caused by the increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, expansion of the areas available for production of tropical and/or subtropical crops, expansion of two-crop farming due to the increased ...

How does climate change affect agriculture in India?

Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture. Climate change is perceptible through a rise in all India mean temperature and increased frequency of extreme rainfall events in the last three decades. This causes fluctuation in production of major crops in different years.