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Moreover, farmers in these regions cannot afford to apply these
management inputs due to their increasing costs (Chakravarty
and Mallick, 2003). The rich can adjust by adapting to suit-
able management practices but the poor cannot because they
cannot afford to. The Earth will suffer irrespective of being
rich or poor and the overall impact on humanity will be drastic
because more than three-fourths of the world's population live
in poorer nations.
Not only the agricultural system but also all the biotic sys-
tems will fail to adapt to change in the environment, invit-
ing a total catastrophe in the future. At the same time, we
also strongly believe that we can sustain our biosphere by
population control, judicious natural resource management,
proper land use and efficient waste management; that is by
overall sustainable development of human, animal and plant
resources and through equitable socio-economic develop-
ment. We should better understand the concept of 'global
village' to avert such a global problem as each and every
ecosystem and economy of this globe is inter-connected and
inter-dependent (Chakravarty and Mallick, 2003). Climate
is significant in the distribution, production and security of
food. There should be a realisation that climate is both a
resource to be managed wisely and a hazard to be dealt with
(Wittwer, 1995). Thus, a portfolio of assets to prepare for cli-
mate change is needed. The assets are land, water, energy,
physical infrastructure, genetic diversity, research capacity,
information systems, human resources, political institutions
and the world market. The value of each asset for adapting to
climate change and policy steps to increase their flexibility is
necessary (Waggoner, 1992).
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