Thursday, July 25, 2013

Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture

Nepal import huge quantity of agricultural product most of the people (More than two third) are still taken farming as a main occupation. In such situation, small changes in production have large impact. In recent days, there is change in rainfall pattern, average mean temperature are increasing which has causes a huge impact in production from the agricultural farm. Nepal has experienced less no of rainy days than past but the quantity of rainfall in increasing. Long drought and flash rainfall are common phenomenon that is expressed as the effect of climate change. Most of the part in Nepal depends of rainfall for faring. The change in rainfall pattern and timing has greatly affected the crop calendar. The uncertainty of the rainfall has forced many farmers to change their occupation too. Sometimes, crops are unable to harvest due to long drought while in many cases crops land were swept away by flood that come after heavy rainfall. Landslides and embanking cutting has also greatly affect the agricultural production

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