Impacts of climate variability on growth and Variability of agricultural productivity: a review

Abstract

This paper has a comprehensive review of different research papers, reports, and articles associated with the impacts of climatic parameters' variability, mainly temperature and rainfall,on agricultural productivity andvariability. Agriculture is the most vulnerable eco-nomic field to climate change. According to the most recent projections, the farmers' ad-aptation of farm development to climate change is imminent. The climate attributes that most directly impact agricultural production are expected to increase temperatures, evolv-ing precipitation frequency, intensity, and growing photosynthesis CO2levels. This paper analyses climate change economic costs in the last thirty years of Indian agricultural pro-duction and examines the impacts on policymakers and agricultural science. Results show thatadaptive activities have a significant and beneficial effect on productivity; irrigation improvement has been the method with the highest impact on productivity. Empirical evi-dence indicates that climate change already exists and has a significant effect on agricul-tural production. To sustain their quality of living, farmers must adjust to the predicted impacts of climate change. Adapting agriculture to climate change requires both crop re-structuring and improvements in agricultural practices. Climate change adaptation is nec-essary to maintain and encourage growth in agricultural productivity and empirical evi-dence for site-specific policymaking. This research, therefore, analyses the effect on the efficiency of adaptation to climate change. Empirical findings indicate the importance of transformation to farmers' productivity to climate change and enrich discussions on adopt-ing adaptation measures.