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Simulating impacts, potential adaptation and vulnerability of maize to climate change in India

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Title Simulating impacts, potential adaptation and vulnerability of maize to climate change in India
 
Creator Byjesh, K.
Naresh Kumar, Soora
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
 
Subject agriculture
maize
carbon dioxide
yields
climate
 
Description Climate change associated global warming, rise in carbon dioxide concentration and uncertainties in precipitation has profound implications on Indian agriculture. Maize (Zea mays L.), the third most important cereal crop in India, has a major role to play in countryﾒs food security. Thus, it is important to analyze the consequence of climate change on maize productivity in major maize producing regions in India and elucidate potential adaptive strategy to minimize the adverse effects. Calibrated and validated InfoCrop-MAIZE model was used for analyzing the impacts of increase in temperature, carbon dioxide (CO2) and change in rainfall apart from HadCM3 A2a scenario for 2020, 2050 and 2080. The main insights from the analysis are threefold. First, maize yields in monsoon are projected to be adversely affected due to rise in atmospheric temperature; but increased rainfall can partly offset those loses. During winter, maize grain yield is projected to reduced with increase in temperature in two of the regions (Mid Indo-Gangetic Plains or MIGP, Southern Plateau or SP), but in the Upper Indo-Gangetic Plain (UIGP), where relatively low temperatures prevail during winter, yield increased up to a 2.7ﾰC rise in temperature. Variation in rainfall may not have a major impact on winter yields, as the crop is already well irrigated. Secondly, the spatio-temporal variations in projected changes in temperature and rainfall are likely to lead to differential impacts in the different regions. In particular, monsoon yield is reduced most in SP (up to 35%), winter yield is reduced most in MIGP (up to 55%), while UIGP yields are relatively unaffected. Third, developing new cultivars with growth pattern in changed climate scenarios similar to that of current varieties in present conditions could be an advantageous adaptation strategy for minimizing the vulnerability of maize production in India.
 
Date 2010-06
2013-07-31T11:48:07Z
2013-07-31T11:48:07Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Byjesh K, Naresh Kumar S, Aggarwal PK. 2010. Simulating impacts, potential adaptation and vulnerability of maize to climate change in India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (5): 413-431.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33370
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-010-9224-3
 
Language en
 
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Limited Access
 
Format p. 413-431
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change