Farmers face numerous challenges due to environmental changes like climate change and unpredictable weather patterns. Rising global temperatures, irregular rainfall, increased CO2 levels affect crop production by reducing yields. Climate change impacts agriculture through reduced productivity, soil degradation, drought, and damage from heavy rains and hailstorms. Government programs provide relief and promote adaptation techniques, but farmers continue to suffer losses from these environmental issues.

1. CHALLENGES FACED BY FARMERS DUE
TO ENVIRONMENT CHANGES
SUBMITTED TO: Dr. Anil
. Kumar
PRESENTED BY:-
VISHAL
TAYYAB
NIRMAL
SECTION- M1842

2. Our field work mainly focused to highlight the
following point:-
1.Knowing the problems which are faced by
farmers during agriculture.
2.Finding out further, for which the problems are
being caused.
3.Deriving out the conclusion to mitigate this
problem
4.Also , to analyze ,whether the problem increased
or decreased over the years.
MAIN FOCUS OF THE FIELD WORK

3. One of the major challenges facing human is to provide an good standard of living for present
and future generations: proper food, water, energy, safe shelter and a healthy environment.
But, global environmental issues such as land degradation, loss of biodiversity, ozone layer
depletion along with human-induced climate change, threatens our ability to meet the basic
human needs.
INTRODUCTION
 Where climatic change has many advantages , it also
creates some humongous problems.
 Problems faced by farming sector is one of that major
disadvantage of ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.

4. GLOBAL WARMING
a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the
earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the
greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon
dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants.
Rising global temperature is not only causing climate
change but also contributing to the irregular rainfall
patterns. Uneven rainfall patterns, increased
temperature, elevated CO2 content in the
atmosphere are important climatic parameters which
affects the crop production.

5. CLIMATE CHANGE
• Climate change is one of the most serious environmental
threats facing mankind worldwide. It affects agriculture in
several ways, including its direct impact on food
production.
• Climate change, which is attributable to the natural climate
cycle and human activities, has adversely affected
agricultural productivity in the Nation. .Available evidence
shows that climate change is global, likewise its impacts;
but the most adverse effects will be felt mainly by
developing countries, due to their
low level of coping capabilities.

6. Potential Impact of Climate Change
on Rice Production in India
Overall, temperature increases are predicted
to reduce rice yields. An increase of 2-4ºC is
predicted to result in a reduction in yields.
Grain quality(chalkiness) increases with high temp.
Above 33 ºC sterility of rice drastically decrease
Although additional CO2 can benefit
crops, this effect was nullified by an increase
of temperature.

7. UNPREDICTABLE MONSOON
• Dependent on Rainfall. Agricultural production is
heavily tied to the quality of the monsoon rains, which
only arrive for about four months of the year.
• Farmers state that the monsoon rains have become
increasingly unpredictable over the past two decades,
both in the total amount of rain that falls in a given
year and the timing of rainfall. This makes it difficult for
farmers to decide which crops are best to plant in
order to get the highest yields during the monsoon
season.

8. Effect of Climate change on
Soybean
•According to studies, soybean yields could go up by as
much as 50 per cent if the concentration of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere doubles.
•If this increase in carbon dioxide is accompanied by an
increase in temperature, as expected, then soybean
yields could actually decrease. If the maximum and
minimum temperatures go up by 1°C and 1.5°C
respectively, the gain in yield comes down to 35 per
cent.

9. Soil Degradation
• The soil system responds to the short-term events such as episodic
infiltration of rainfall and also undergoes long-term changes such as
physical and chemical weathering due to climatic change. The
potential changes in the soil forming factors directly resulting from
global climate change would be in the organic matter supply,
temperature regimes, hydrology and changes in the potential
evaporation- transpiration.
•
• It will diminish in a warmer soil temperature regime. Drier soil
conditions will suppress both root growth and decomposition of
organic matter and will increase vulnerability to erosion. Increased
evaporation from the soil and accelerated transpiration from the
plants themselves will cause soil moisture stress.

10. AGRICULTURE DROUGHT
• Agricultural drought accounts for the water
needs of crops during different growing
stages. For instance, not enough moisture at
planting may hinder germination, leading to
low plant populations and a reduction in yield

11. High use of Fertilizers

12. Heavy Rain, hailstorms destroy crops in north India
Times of India | Mar 17, 2015, 06.38 AM IST
• Unseasonal thundershowers and hailstorms left behind a
trail of destruction, leveling standing crops across north
India on Sunday, with the region still reeling under its effect
on Monday even as Central authorities tried to assess the
full extent of the cumulative losses.
• Wheat, pulses, mustard, and gram took the brunt of
sudden precipitation in east UP; Punjab, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and
Maharashtra witnessed similar devastation. Landslides and
snowfall led to the closure of the Jammu & Kashmir
highway leaving thousands of people stranded.

13. ACID RAIN
• Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that
begins when compounds
• like sulfur dioxide and
•
• nitrogen oxides are released into the air.
These substances can rise very high into the
atmosphere, where they mix and react with
water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form
more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain.

14. Unseasonal rain and hailstorm
in the past few monthshave
damaged crops in parts of at
least six states across central,
north and western India.

15. This is particularly true of major
drought in regions such as southern &
eastern Maharashtra, northern
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha,
Gujarat, Telangana
and Rajasthan

16. Creating awareness among
farmers

17. Agriculture’s role in
mitigating climate change
There are several adaptation measures that the agricultural sector
can undertake to cope with future climate change.
These include:
– Changing planting dates;
– Planting different varieties or crop species;
– Development and promotion of alternative crops;
– Developing new drought and heat-resistant varieties;
– Improved crop residue and weed management;
– More use of water harvesting techniques,
– Better pest and disease control for crops;
– Implementing new or improving existing irrigation systems
(Reducing water leakage, soil moisture conservation - mulching)
Reducing use of fertilizers
Protecting the soil
Methane should be used

18. Government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojna to provide relief to the farmers inflicted with the loss of
crop damage. Under this scheme, the burden of premium will
be reduced and their cases will be sorted out expeditiously.
Apart from the losses inflicted by crop damage, the provision
has been made with this scheme to relieve the farmers from
the losses in harvesting aftermath scenario. This scheme
provides assessment of local calamities along with a list on
unseasonal rain form, land slide and floods.

19. Steps taken By govt of Punjab to help
farmers over environmental change
 Punjab Water Mission
 Sum of Rs 18.24 cr. has been Sanctioned Under National
Adaptation fund on
climatic Punjab, National bank for agriculture & rural
development.
 KCC(Kissan Credit Card) is provided to farmers by the
central govt.

20. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana has been
•
• launched to provide relief to the farmers due to
poor monsoon. Under this scheme emphasis are
being put
•
• on “water to each and every farm” that is to say
to
•
• provide facilities of irrigation to each and every
farmer along with enhancement of water
conservation skill.

21.  Throughout the case study we got to know about different challenges that a
farmer has to face to run
their livelihood.
 The harvesters and feeder of Indian population i.e. the farmers has to suffer a lot.
 In this case study we got to know General problems faced by the farmers at
hardaspur (phagwara) & Jalandhar .
 Their Life has been bounded among the problems and as a result they are not able
to plan for their
family.
 Farmer has to face very difficulty due to change in climatic condition so on our part
we can increase
the awareness.
 We are glad to gain knowledge about Envt. change and decide that we will not be
a part of it.
Conclusio
n

22. “Farming is not just a job, it’s a way of
life.”

23. “Love the trees until their leaves fall
off, then encourage them to try again
next year.”