Climate change to pull down crop yield, fish output, labour capacity: IPCC

Rice, wheat, pulses, and coarse cereal yields could fall almost 9% by 2050; maize production could drop by almost 17% in southern parts of country

The latest IPCC report, while presenting a grim picture on the adverse impact of climate change across India in general, has been particularly alarmist when it comes to the impact on agriculture and farming.

The report said that due to adverse effects of climate change crop yields in India will decline, production of commercial fish species like ‘Hilsa’ and ‘Bombay Duck’ will go down and labour capacity in agriculture will drop.

On crop yields, the IPCC report said that rice, wheat, pulses, and coarse cereal yields could fall almost 9 per cent by 2050.

In southern parts of the country,