ABSTRACT
World Food Summit 1996, Rome Declaration on World Food Security defined that “Food security exists when all the people, all the times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. The Indian agricultural production system faces the daunting task of having to feed 17.5% of the global population with only 2.45 of land and 4% of water resources at its disposal. Scientists say that the impacts of climate change - higher temperatures, extreme weather, drought, increasing levels of carbon dioxide and sea level rise - threaten to decrease the quantity and jeopardize the quality of our food supplies. Climate change and its variability are emerging as the major challenges influencing the performance of Indian agriculture. Climate change is modifying fish distribution and the productivity of marine and freshwater species.
