Direct impact
The direct impact of
climate change includes frequent and intense droughts, floods, cyclones, heat
and cold waves, and cloud burst in many agricultural regions. These events affect
the crop, animal husbandry, and fishery and at times destroy the whole farming
systems. The state of Odisha is
vulnerable to extreme climatic conditions due to its geographical location (OSDMA,
2016). The frequency of these climatic extreme events has been increasing in
the state since the last few decades. During
the period 1964-65 to 2015-16 (52 years), extreme events have occurred 35 times; droughts
in 19 years, floods in 10 years, and cyclones in 6 years. The probability of
occurrence of drought, flood, and cyclone in a year has been worked out to be
0.37, 0.19 and 0.11 respectively. These extreme events have caused damage to
the crops, livestock, infrastructures, livelihood resources, food security, and
development of the state.