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Agricultural production has seen a significant dip due to the effects of climate change, such as increased temperature, floods and drought. Climate change has resulted in 70 per cent of the country’s land becoming drought-prone, 12 per cent flood-prone, while eight per cent is affected by cyclones. In a country struggling with rising population and the need to feed more mouths every year, farm production is taking a big hit, according to Mr Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay, Principal Scientist, IARI ( Indian Agricultural Research Institute), said addressing a meet on Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture, organised by The Energy and Resources Institute, here on October 18 2013. He said production of wheat had dropped by six per cent, while rice and mustard production have slipped by four per cent each.