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Water and
wastewater
2.80%
Agriculture
13.50%
Transport
13.10%
Residential and
commercial
buildings
7.90%
Energy supply
25.90%
Industry
19.40%
Forestry
17.40%
FIGURe 2.1
Contribution of different sectors in the world to
climate change. Sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
Rice cultivation
23%
Manure
management
5%
Crop residues
1%
Emission from
soils
12%
Enteric
fermentation
59%
FIGURe 2.2
Sectors of agriculture in India that contribute to
climate change.
2.2
projected impacts of climate change on Indian
agriculture
1. Imbalance in food trade due to positive impacts on Europe
and North America; however, with negative impacts on
the United States (Singh et al. 2009).
2. Increased water, shelter and energy requirement for live-
stock; implications for milk production.
3. Increasing sea and river water temperatures are likely to
affect fish breeding, migration and harvests. Coral reefs
would start declining around 2030.
4. Considerable effect on microbes, pathogens and insects.
