Vice-Chancellor of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi (Uttara Pradesh) Prof. Arvind Kumar has said that global climate change has adversely affected the agriculture sector and particularly during the Rabi season, severely affecting the productivity in India.
Inaugurating the national seminar on Sustainable Food Production Systems For Self Reliant & Climate Resilient Agriculture in Dharwad on Thursday, he said that COVID-19 also had played a spoil sport for the agriculture sector in India. However, despite the adverse impact, India ranked first in world milk production.
The Seminar was organised by Dr. S. V. Patil Director of Research, various Training and Farmers Welfare, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, all the farm Universities of Karnataka, National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development, (NABARD) Mumbai and National Rainfed Area Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, GOI, New Delhi.
