Climate Change and its socioeconomic impacts on Pakistan’s agriculture sector
Keywords:
: Climate Change, Agriculture, Pakistan, Socioeconomic Impacts, Adaptation, Water Security and Climate -smart AgricultureAbstract
The agriculture sector of Pakistan is the main stay of livelihood for the labor force; it contributes almost 23% of GDP, and it is highly important for climatic conditions. It is also important to notice in this paper that the rising of temperature, the shifting of patterns of heat waves, the filling and changing condition of glaciers in context to groundwater dynamics, and the impact on crop yields are positive. It is also important to notice the review of natural agriculture policy documentation and different reports on the observation of project risks and socio-economic paths and different dipositive conditions, which impact the agriculture sector differently. It also impacts rainfall conditions, irrigation of land, distribution of different segments of society, and different climatic options for improvement of agriculture and irrigation systems. It is also important that the policy recommendations to strengthen the agriculture sector are an important part of this paper or policymakers and legal scholars to grasp the federal role of the SC of Pakistan.
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