“Climate volatility is now a greater threat to food security than average rainfall decline.” Discuss in the context of rabi crops. Suggest suitable measures to reduce rabi crop vulnerability.
Kartavya Desk Staff
Topic: Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country.
Topic: Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country.
Q5. “Climate volatility is now a greater threat to food security than average rainfall decline.” Discuss in the context of rabi crops. Suggest suitable measures to reduce rabi crop vulnerability. (10 M)
Difficulty Level: Medium
Reference: DTE
Why the question Recent unseasonal temperature spikes in rabi-growing regions indicate that food security risks increasingly arise from short-duration weather shocks rather than only long-term rainfall decline. Key Demand of the question The question requires explaining why climate volatility poses a greater threat than average rainfall decline in the specific context of rabi crops. It also requires suggesting suitable measures to reduce rabi crop vulnerability. Structure of the Answer: Introduction Write on rabi crops depending on stable temperatures during grain formation and the rising frequency of sudden heat events. Body Explain the rabi context using wheat as the primary example, focusing on milky stage vulnerability, premature ripening and grain shrinkage. Suggest measures such as resilient varieties and sowing window adjustment, protective irrigation and efficiency, improved agromet advisories, and stronger risk financing mechanisms. Conclusion Conclude by emphasizing the need to shift from rainfall-centric planning to volatility-ready agricultural resilience.
Why the question
Recent unseasonal temperature spikes in rabi-growing regions indicate that food security risks increasingly arise from short-duration weather shocks rather than only long-term rainfall decline.
Key Demand of the question
The question requires explaining why climate volatility poses a greater threat than average rainfall decline in the specific context of rabi crops. It also requires suggesting suitable measures to reduce rabi crop vulnerability.
Structure of the Answer:
Introduction
Write on rabi crops depending on stable temperatures during grain formation and the rising frequency of sudden heat events.
• Explain the rabi context using wheat as the primary example, focusing on milky stage vulnerability, premature ripening and grain shrinkage.
• Suggest measures such as resilient varieties and sowing window adjustment, protective irrigation and efficiency, improved agromet advisories, and stronger risk financing mechanisms.
Conclusion
Conclude by emphasizing the need to shift from rainfall-centric planning to volatility-ready agricultural resilience.