In 8,000-6,000 BCE, India’s earliest food crops were indigenous varieties of barley and wheat. The Neolithic Revolution is described as the transition of humans from hunter-gatherer to agriculture, including domestication of plants and animals. However, choice of crops is crucial.”Īlso read: Arctic warming is happening faster than described, analysis showsįrom Neolithic times, production techniques and international trade have facilitated innovation through every stage of civilisation. Shyam Asolekar, department of environment science and engineering, IIT-Bombay, says: “It is clear that India cannot afford to not produce food because of our large population. His statement has special relevance within a global food crisis fuelled by the climate crisis and a war in Europe which have disrupted food production and distribution systems worldwide. On August 7, Modi asked states to step up food production in light of India’s dependence on imports of oil and global increase in food prices. Of the 60 percent of people who work in sectors highly susceptible to changing weather patterns in the region, the majority are women, and thus, bear the direct brunt of climate change.” In the ‘Gender and Agriculture Strategy and Action plan’ that she has drafted for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN in 2022, she explains: “Shifting rainfall patterns and higher temperatures affect agricultural productivity. Seemantinee Khot, a “farmer by choice”, has managed her family farm alongside four decades of work in the development sector through community-based organisations, government and the United Nations (UN). Interlinking of the Ken and Betwa rivers is set to cause damage to the environment through the destruction of biodiverse forests in the Panna Tiger Reserve and Ken Gharial Sanctuary “Agriculture, with its allied sectors, is unquestionably the largest livelihood provider in India, more so in the vast rural areas,” says the national portal,.
It is the world’s largest producer of vegetables, sugarcane, fruit, milk and cotton, and the second largest producer of the major staple food grains of rice and wheat.
India has the largest land area in the world under cultivation.
UP produces rice and a drought could impact India’s rice production and food availability to crores of people. Similarly, floods devastated UP in 2021, while, in 2022, it faces a drought with the worst monsoon in 122 years.
The following year, in another part of the state, another climate event-drought-reduced the production of rice crops to about 10 million tonnes less than 2021. In 2021, heavy rainfall, flooding of rivers and overflowing dams killed 24 people in Madhya Pradesh. Preserving natural forests is key to limiting climate change and mitigating the reality of damage caused by climate events to agriculture. The Ken-Betwa project alone (the first among 30 proposed interlinking projects) may submerge 6,197 hectares of eco-sensitive forests and destroy irreplaceable wildlife habitats. The interlinking of rivers is set to cause irreversible damage to the environment through the destruction of biodiverse forests in the Panna Tiger Reserve and Ken Gharial Sanctuary. Our world’s emergencies have to be addressed together. Bijak: Leveraging tech and trader experienceĮnvironment, like agriculture, is a pillar on which human civilisation and our very existence depends and these two are inextricably intertwined.
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