Abstract
Agriculture plays vital role in economic growth, food security, employment generation and poverty alleviation. It contributes 19.2 percent to the GDP and provides employment to 38.5 % of labor force. More than 65% to 70 % of the population depends on agriculture for its’ livelihood. The purpose of this study is to analyze the current situation of climate change and its implications’ for agricultural adaptive strategies in Punjab. Three districts were selected randomly from the Central, North and south zone of the province by using multistage sampling technique. Qualitative information was collected through the key informant interviews from three selected districts namely Bahawalnagar, Chakwal and Faisalabad. An interview guide was used to collect the in-depth information from progressive farmers, agricultural officers, environmental officers and Ph.D. scholars. The farmers and experts were on the same page as the effects of climate change had been observed in the study area. On the basis of findings, it was concluded that climate change was accelerated by human interventions, and negative implications were observed in the form of decline in production and increase in the input cost of agricultural operation. Different agricultural adaptive strategies were used to cope with the issue of climate change. There were various behavioral and structural constraints in the process of adaptation to climate change. Key words: Climate Change, Adaptive strategies, Implications, Vulnerable, Food security, Production
Highlights
Climate change has emerged on the global scale, and agriculture sector is most vulnerable to alteration in the climatic conditions
On the basis of research findings, it is concluded that the climate change has been stressing the socioeconomic and ecological systems in Pakistan, which are already under significant stress due to the process of rapid urbanization, industrialization, emergence of corona and mass scale infrastructural development
Respondents were well aware and able to identify the causes and effects of climate change that has been observed over the past two decades. They pointed out that climate change and environmental degradation has been stimulated by human interventions
Summary
Climate change has emerged on the global scale, and agriculture sector is most vulnerable to alteration in the climatic conditions. The increase in the average global temperature and erratic climatic conditions are posing a serious threat to agriculture, biodiversity and food security. Alteration in the global atmospheric structure, such as the increasing accumulation of carbon dioxide CO2 and other gases are visible effects of climate change which are bringing hidden hunger crisis in the communities by decreasing the essential nutrients in food crops (Joshia & Chaturvedi, 2013; Arunanondchai et al, 2018). High emission of gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), the intensity of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are accelerating the temperature and causing global warming. Among the numerous problems of the modern world, environmental change is one of the leading problems nowadays
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