ESTIMATION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT IN CULTIVATION OF MAJOR AGRICULTURE CROPS IN INDIA
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2017-07-25
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
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Global climate change has emerged as the most prominent environmental issue
all over the world which need immediate attention to prevent further deterioration of
the environment. It is also one of the biggest developmental challenge of the present
time due to its influences on the focal possibilities for sustainable development. The
effects of climate change is already felt all over the world, in diverse forms ranging
from shifting weather patterns, receding glaciers, crop losses, altered distribution of
precipitation, increased frequency and intensities of floods and droughts, and serious
ecological imbalances. All these changes have severe ramification on economic growth.
Major cause of climate change is increase in concentrations of greenhouse gases
(GHGs) in the atmosphere.
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