TY - JOUR AU - Ahmad, Firoz AU - Rahman Talukdar, Nazimur AU - Uddin, Meraj AU - Goparaju, Laxmi PY - 2020/01/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Climate Smart Agriculture, need for 21st century to achieve socioeconomic and climate resilience agriculture in India: A geospatial perspective JF - Ecological Questions JA - EQ VL - 31 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.12775/EQ.2020.008 UR - https://apcz.umk.pl/EQ/article/view/EQ.2020.008 SP - 78-100 AB - <p>Climate change is now widely recognized as the major environmental threat<br />occurring mainly due to increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and causing the<br />extinction of biodiversity and enhances disruptions to ecosystems. Climate change risks are<br />found to be very significant and would have a profound impact on the livelihoods of millions<br />of poor people in India. In the present study, we have analyzed datasets of agriculture<br />Greenhouse gases (GHGs) emission (1990-2016), poverty, anthropogenic biomes, agriculture<br />crop production scenario (2008-2017), seasonal soil moisture status present (2006-2015) and<br />deficit (compared with 20 years’ time periods), present (1970-2000) annual mean, future<br />(2050) precipitation and temperature scenario of India and investigated the spatial pattern and<br />relationship incorporating in remote sensing and GIS for the better comprehension of the<br />impact of climate changes on the socio-economic dimension of the people. The total GHGs<br />emissions (CO2 equivalent) from agriculture in India were showing the increasing trend<br />(approximately 1% annually) whereas the increasing trend has decreased notably in the last<br />five years. The states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu<br />and Andhra Pradesh of India were found producing higher GHGs emissions from agriculture.<br />The present soil moisture and the deficit during the Kharif, Rabi, and Zaid seasons<br />vary geographically whereas soil moisture deficit during the Kharif season was found very<br />significant over most of the districts of Ganga and Brahmaputra basin. The present mean<br />annual temperature and precipitation patterns were found very significant in arid and semiarid<br />regions which are known as the farmer’s suicide hotspot and are predicted to threaten<br />more in the future (2050). The evaluation highlights the need for synergic approaches such as<br />climate-smart agriculture (CSA) to address the impact of climate change in food production<br />and farmers’ livelihood. Such an investigation gives a solid understanding of a paradigm shift<br />in the adaptation of CSA an approach in prevailing new climate change reality at country or<br />regional levels for achieving socio-economic and climate resilience agriculture in India.</p> ER -