Abstract

Climate change is a critical issue in the context of the Indian economy. The country’s geographical dynamics and the presence of high level of poor and food insecure population add toits vulnerability to climate change. India is home to about 24.5 per centof the undernourishedpeople in the world. Increased occurrence of temperature extremes, increase in the number ofwarm days and nights, altered rainfall patterns, increased frequency of deficit monsoons andheavy precipitation events have been observed in the country. Further, these trends are projectedto continue. In this context, the study discusses the climate change trends and their impact onagriculture and food security in the country. The empirical analysis using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Instrumental Variables ((IV) regressions shows that climate especially temperaturesadversely impact both agriculture and food security. The importance of promotion of appropriatestrategies to address agricultural productivity especially enhanced irrigation facilities,infrastructure and adoption of direct interventionist measures addressing food insecurity in the country is underlined by the research article.

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