Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Adverse effects of climate change on agriculture, 18/12/2015

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Adverse effects of climate change on agriculture, 18/12/2015. The impact of climate change is also expected in economic viability and production of livestock systems through poor availability of quality feed and fodder, decreased reproductive performance and decline in milk production. Further, ICAR- CRIDA has also mapped 572 districts of the country for their vulnerability to extreme events due to climate change. The vulnerability was assessed high to very high in 230 districts, medium in 114 districts and low to very low in 228 districts. The details are placed in Annexure-I.