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Title: Climate change will hit 70% of area under crops, say experts
Source:Bangalore Mirror
Date:30 November 2016
Crop production losses due to climate changes will go up in the state, with an estimated 70 per cent of the cultivated area, which supports 60 per cent and 67 per cent of livestock and rural population of Karnataka, facing ‘extreme to high’ levels of vulnerability, said experts from Bengaluru-based National Bureau Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Data pertaining to 29 districts of the state were collected under three major crop groups: cereals, pulses and oilseeds, from various departments of the state and Central governments.
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