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sion Support System (DSS) for empowering growers' communities. Long
term adaptation and mitigation strategies however need to entail studies on
carbon sequestration, development of climate resilient varieties, improved
crop husbandry practices for risk management, productive use of water
and nutrient resources and integrated management of pests and diseases.
The present paper based on inputs received from Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Gujarat, Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh unfolds effects of some key weather
parameters of three fruiting seasons on critical phenophases on mango
production in some important mango producing regions with special refer-
ence to Lucknow region of Uttar Pradesh.
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Mango (
Mangifera indica
L.), the '
King of fruits
' in India with rich vari-
ety diversity is grown in different agro-ecological regions of the country.
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the south, Goa, Maharash-
tra and Gujarat in the west, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar in the east and
Uttar Pradesh in the north are the principal mango producing regions of
the country. Among all the mango-producing states, Uttar Pradesh con-
tributes 23.85% of the total mango production out of 11.6% area under
mango in the country. The recent CII-McKinsey report (2013) has identi-
fied mango, banana, potato, soybean, and poultry as five items to drive the
next wave of growth in Indian agriculture.
Uttar Pradesh falling under the '
Indo-Gangetic plains
' is categorized
into nine agro-climatic zones. Eighty percent of the state's population is
agrarian of which about 91 percent is represented by small farmers solely
dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. In the recent years, this
sector is getting impacted by monsoon uncertainty, increasing duration
of drought, floods in some areas and cold, and violent storms. Decrease
in water table is progressing at an alarming rate and volume of water flow
in major rivers is shrinking besides high levels of pollutants being dis-
charged into the aquatic systems in their path. Soil sodicity is also a seri-
ous problem of the Indo-Gangetic plains in UP affecting the productivity
and livelihoods of the people. It is estimated that approximately 1.3 mil-
lion ha is affected by this problem accounting to more than 40 percent of
the cultivated area. Further, secondary salinization is also assuming seri-
ous proportions. Majority of these soils are having pH > 10, exchangeable
