Fluctuating weather patterns are increasingly establishing themselves in stronger and more formidable ways. Indian agriculture has always been adversely affected by climate change. Being an agrarian country, apart from pests and diseases, crop production in India is largely affected by weather.
India is the third largest wheat producing nation in the world after the European Union and China and as Indian weather is always unpredictable and notorious, it is always hard to predict how the weather will play its role in the crop yield of the country.
At present also, temperatures across most parts of the country are witnessing a rise and the unusual rise in temperatures seems harmful for the crops. As on Monday, the temperature in Uttar Pradesh which is the largest wheat producing state in the country has witnessed a rise of 4-5 degrees above the normal.
During the similar time frame, temperatures in Punjab and Madhya Pradesh which are the second and third major wheat producing states in India also scaled up by 3-4 degrees and 3-4 degrees respectively. Haryana and Bihar are also reeling under soaring temperatures which are mounting 3-5 and 2-4 degrees above the normal respectively.
The crops like wheat, Jowar and mustard are hammered by the above normal rising temperatures across all the major aforesaid crop producing states. This can be made out of the fact that the rising temperatures have resulted in the early ripening of the mustard crop. While wheat and jowar are on the verge of losing their quality.
As per the Agriculture experts, if the temperatures across all these states continue to rise, the wheat production may be hampered by 5-10%.
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