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| − | + | Climate change has a serious impact on the availability of various resources on the earth especially water, which sustains life on this planet. One occupation that has experienced a direct impact due to these increasing climate fluctuations is Agriculture. Especially in a country like India where water, the most critical agricultural input is scarce. Nearly 55% of the total cultivated areas in India do not have irrigation facilities. And hence Indian farmers are highly dependent as rainfall is the fundamental driver of water availability for agriculture. Changes in precipitation affect the quality and quantity of the produce in direct proportions of the rainfall received. | |
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Revision as of 16:21, 17 August 2018
Water For Life: Effect Of Rainfall On India's Crop Productivity
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Contents
Introduction
Climate change has a serious impact on the availability of various resources on the earth especially water, which sustains life on this planet. One occupation that has experienced a direct impact due to these increasing climate fluctuations is Agriculture. Especially in a country like India where water, the most critical agricultural input is scarce. Nearly 55% of the total cultivated areas in India do not have irrigation facilities. And hence Indian farmers are highly dependent as rainfall is the fundamental driver of water availability for agriculture. Changes in precipitation affect the quality and quantity of the produce in direct proportions of the rainfall received. In this study, we intend to analyse India’s rainfall pattern for past few years using various exploratory techniques, primarily focusing on apt visualizations to reveal the undiscovered truth. Over 80% of the annual rainfall is received in the four rainy months of June to September. There is great regional and temporal variation in the distribution of rainfall and although the monsoons affect most parts of India, the amount of rainfall varies from heavy to scanty on different parts. The primary motive of our analysis is to scrutinize the effect of irregularities in the rainfall pattern on agricultural productivity in India. Through our analysis, we would like to derive meaningful insights that foster our understanding about the most affected regions and crops because of the variability in climactic changes. This analysis can then be further utilized be relevant departments in Indian Government to devise national & regional long-term strategies for sustainable development.
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Inspiration
In India, average food consumption at present is 550 g per capita per day. With the growing population, the imminent challenge is to increase food production in order to feed the population that will reach 1.30 Billion by the year 2020. Farmers will have to produce 50% of more grains to meet the current growing demand.
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Key Objectives
The objective of this project is to analyze the rainfall pattern changes in India and to find out how it is affecting India’s overall Agricultural production. Also, we will try to find out if there is any correlation between changing rainfall patterns and farmer’s suicide cases happening in India.
A Glance At The State-Wise Rainfall Patterns Across India for Years 2008 and 2015
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About The Dataset
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| Monthly & Annual Rainfall Precipitation For 34 Indian Meteorological Subdivisions | xls | http://www.tropmet.res.in/~lip/Publication/RR-pdf/RR-138.pdf |
| District-wise & Season-wise Crop Production | xls | https://data.gov.in/catalog/district-wise-season-wise-crop-production-statistics |
| Shapefile For 36 Indian Meteorological Subdivisions | GIS (shp, shx) | https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/datameet/12L5jtjUKhI |
Key Milestones
Key milestones (tentative) are listed below:
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Expected Challenges
1. Data collection – we are still in the process of data collection. We are collecting data from various sources and will be integrating it together before analysis. 2. Steep learning curve – there is a steep learning curve involved in working with R-Shiny, SAS JMP Pro and Tableau. 3. Correlation between rainfall pattern and farmer’s suicide – Even though it is apparent that changes in the rainfall pattern over past few years affecting agriculture industry in India and increasing farmer’s worries, discovering direct correlation between rainfall pattern and farmer’s suicide is challenging.
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