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Coping strategies of farmers regarding the impact of climate change in rice-wheat zone of the Punjab, Pakistan.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Akhtar, M. S. Maann, Ashfaq Ahmad Awan, Kanwal Asghar Shahba, Babar |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Climate variation means a change in weather within a specific period of time due to change in natural condition or human activities (Anon, 2007). It also means a change in climate lasting for decades or longer as an outcome of human activity that changes atmosphere, greenhouse gases emission (Oxfam International, 2009; IPCC, 2007a). Present atmospheric heat is due to human activity which leads to increase many gasses in the atmosphere. Half of the gasses (e.g. CO2) are absorbed by sea and tree and rest are mounted up in atmosphere (Afzal and Akhtar, 2013). Climate change is one of the biggest challenges in all over the world. The average annual temperature of earth has risen 0.82°C from 1880 to 2012 (Hartmann et al.,2013). Temperature of earth had been warmed on an average by about warmest from 1990 to 2000s (Waston, 2010). The heat of world seas has increased and global mean sea level has gone up by 225 mm from 1880 to 2012 (Church et al., 2013). Most of the nations are suffering from rising temperature, melting of glaciers, rising of sea level causing floods leading to increased risk of drought or dangerous floods and these have badly affected the economic sector of many countries of the world. The weather change of South Asia has led to change in water resources, food health, biodiversity, forestry and socio-economic sectors (Field, 2014). Overall decline in production is supposed between 3 to 16% but developing countries may face 25% decrease in product by 2080. European countries will experience a much milder or even positive average effect, ranging from a 8% increase in productivity to a 6% decline. South Asian developing countries like India may face decrease of product by 3 to 40% during the same period (Mahato, 2014). Current variations in climate have affected the people of world as it is matter of change in climate and for other a matter of life and death. It is a reality that developing countries have not increased annual carbon dioxide emission but they are suffering more from its effect (Daze, 2011; Van Aalst, 2006). Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 56(4),1038-1046; 2019 ISSN (Print) 0552-9034, ISSN (Online) 2076-0906 DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/19.8089 http://www.pakjas.com.pk |
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| Volume Number | 56 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://pakjas.com.pk/papers/3066.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
