Due to the effects ofclimate change,Punjab, which produces 10% of the country’s food grains, may witness a decline in yield of between 13% and 1% in its major Kharif and by 2050.
This has been pointed out in the synthesis report of theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate-change”>Climate Change(IPCC). Making an assessment of the current state of scientific knowledge related to climate change, the report brought together the findings from various scientific studies to provide a clear picture of the risks and impacts of climate change, as well as the Options for mitigating and adapting to those risks.