Designing a Framework for Agri Sector Considering Disaster and Climatic Change: A Case Study of Odisha

Designing a Framework for Agri Sector Considering Disaster and Climatic Change: A Case Study of Odisha

Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3343-7.ch002
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Abstract

Change of technology, utilization of genetically modified crops, and organic farming can be used to improve the fertility of land and to increase production in farming, but the effect of climate change is a big problem for the Indian farmers. Farmers have to face extreme weather conditions, the heavy workload during the fieldwork like weeding, harvesting, etc. The conventional method of farming and lack of advanced technology makes farming too difficult. Due to climate change, high heat, heavy rain, and frost, productivity decreases and lands become barren, and farmers also suffer from mental and physical disorders. Hence, an effort is taken to design a framework for the agriculture sector keeping climate change factors in view. To improve the agricultural system in Indian agrisector, some implications must be done to avoid wastage of rainwater. By creating an efficient drainage system in the crop field, the extra water can be reused. To avoid loss due to heavy rain, greenhouse or poly house can act as an effective way during natural calamities.
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Introduction

Agricultural sector is a very challenging sector. It is dominated by nature and man made disasters. Rain is essential for increasing production of vegetables, pulses and agriproducts but sometimes heavy rain fall acts like curse and due to heavy rain flood washes away everything. Similarly sunlight is like a blessings for farming but hot climate dries fertile farming land and creates draught situation .There are many causes for Climate change like deforestation, pollution, population rise, waste disposal system, industrialization etc. The rise of air and water temperature rises sea levels, so supercharged storms and higher wind speeds, more intense and prolonged droughts, heavier precipitation and flooding takes place. Climate hazards are natural events in weather cycles. hurricanes and droughts, flooding and high winds always witnessing a scale of damage and destruction that is new and terrifying. It always makes millions of people homeless and indigent. Flooding and strong winds from an extraordinary succession of powerful hurricanes have destroyed homes and crops barrens fertile lands. Extreme weather disasters affect all countries, rich and poor. Climate change is forcing people from their homes, bringing poverty on top of poverty and increasing hunger.

Agriculture is the back bone of India and it acts as the skeleton of India’s economy. More than 50% of the rural households manage their bread and butter on agricultural commodities by supplying food and necessary products to all over the world . It is found that the agricultural sector is the highest contributors of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India. Although the demand of agricultural sector is very high and the govt. Provides loans and subsidies for the development of Agricultural workers/farmers, still the problems of farmers remains un resolved.

Key Terms in this Chapter

Climate Change: Environmental change with rise of temp or decrease in temp due to heavy or low rain.

HOQ: House of quality. The “house of quality” is a main design tool known as quality function deployment (QFD).

Sustainability: Sustainability consists of three pillars: economic, environmental, and social.

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