14 Nov Adaptation/ Mitigation strategies of farmers to overcome climate change
जलवायु परिवर्तन पर काबू पाने के लिए किसानों की अनुकूलन/ शमन रणनीतियां Climate change is a global phenomenon which refers to long term changes of temperature and weather patterns. Major variations in temperature like extreme coldness in winter or extreme heat during summer occurs rapidly. Moreover alterations in seasonal rainfall also occurs leading to flash flood or off-season drought period. Climate change is caused by various factors out of which the main cause is human alterations to the environment. Since the 1800s, various human activities are mainly responsible for the change in climate which include activities like burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas), deforestation, etc. Since the nineteenth century, anthropogenic activities have...