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MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATIC CHANGE: CROPS ADAPTATION APPROACHES FOR THE PAKISTANI FARMING COMMUNITY

. Sajjad Khan, Kainat Bibi, Fazal Yazdan, Fahad Karim, Salman Saleem, Kashif Latif, Shafiq Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed, Zulfiqar Ali Gurmani and Hussnain Tanveer


Abstract

Pakistani agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate change due to diverse climatic conditions in the country. The major factors which effect agriculture output includes shift in rainfall pattern, rise in temperature, increase in carbon dioxide concentration, longer growing season in summer, increase in drought spell, high risk of floods, high erodability and  vulnerability of crop to insect pest attack. To cope with the current alarming situation in the country different crop adaptation strategies may be adopted like introduction of drought tolerance species, late sowing cultivars, early maturity crops and development of mid-season Zaid-e-Rabi cropping pattern. Besides these, breeding programs for development of existing crops varieties is required to make it adoptable to the current climatic change. Introduction of innovative and substitute species of crops, fruits and vegetable which can replace the existing crops species and can adjust in the existing cropping patron of the country. By adopting these technologies in the country the farmer will be able to get maximum output from their fields. Besides these practices awareness and capacity building in the subject area may also play a major role in the current situation.

Keywords: Climate change, crops adaptation, farming community

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