Irregular rains: Farming in danger

 Irregular rains: Farming in danger

Climate change has become a cause for concern around the world.  There has been widespread climate imbalance due to deforestation and rising greenhouse gas emissions.  For the past two decades, the state has been experiencing abnormalities in southwest monsoon winds.  Irregular rains are beginning to have a profound effect on agriculture.  The United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UDRR) report warns that countries that depend on rainfall will face a severe food crisis in the coming days.

 Farming in the state has been affected by monsoon irregularities this year.  Due to the low rainfall, farming in Khordha, Baleshwar, Puri and Gajapati districts was disrupted.  In August, heavy rains in Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Puri districts of the state destroyed crops.  The southwest monsoon entered the state on June 11.  The average rainfall was 9.3 percent in June, compared to 34.9 percent in July.  August, on the other hand, received more than 45.2 percent of the rainfall.  Seventeen districts received more than normal rainfall (19 percent), while 12 districts received normal rainfall.  Of these, Six districts received 105 per cent more than normal rainfall, while Nuapada district received 31.9 per cent less rainfall.  In August, there were four light rains.  The state was inundated by light rains due to light rains.  The floods affected Jajpur, Puri, Kendrapara and Bhadrak districts.  "In the last few years, the state government has been focusing on non-paddy crop cultivation," said a senior agriculture official.  In addition, the state Department of Forests and Environment has developed a climate change action plan for various departments.

 The crop is infested with irregular rains.  That's why more pesticides are being used.  This has led to declining crop yields as well as health problems.  According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, 51 per cent of the country's land is dependent on rainfall, which accounts for 40 per cent of the country's total foodgrain production.  Climate change is expected to have an impact.  According to a United Nations report, monsoon irregularities in the last two decades have affected 70 percent of the world's agriculture and affected 1.3 billion people.  According to the UDRR, between 2000 and 2019, 0.51 million people lost their lives due to climate change, while 3.9 billion people were affected.  At the same time, the number of natural disasters has doubled.  Between 1980 and 1999, there were 3,656 natural disasters worldwide, and between 2000 and 2019, there were 6,661 natural disasters.  As a result, 2.8 billion people have been affected in India and China alone.  Over the past two decades, 200 million people have been affected by climate change every year.  As many as 1.4 billion people were affected by the drought.  Lack of rain has created a water crisis, affecting domestic animals.  Poverty and hunger have long affected the economy, according to the report.