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 caused an increase in average temperature of 0.9 °C, primarily as a result of greenhouse gas (GHG) releases into the atmosphere. Given the rate of deforestation, the increase in GHG emissions, and the pollution of the soil, water, and air, it is predicted that this rise will be 1.5 °C by 2050, though it may even be higher. Change in climate also disrupts the agriculture sector as it reduces the availability of food due to reduction in food productivity, lack of water availability, presence of problematic soil conditions like salinity, lack of easy access to food, etc. It not only affects the...