ABSTRACT
The India Meteorological Department has predicted that the 2010 South-West Monsoon is likely to be normal. A recent article in Nature points out that the current national emission targets are not sufficient to limit global warming to 2° celsius during this century as called for in the Copenhagen Declaration. A climate-resilient agriculture, which the people urgently need, will have to be based on a two-pronged strategy: maximising farm productivity and production during a normal monsoon period; and minimising the adverse impact of unfavourable weather as witnessed during 2009. Finally, the economic viability of farming will depend upon access to assured and remunerative markets. There is no time to relax and every day lost will be a blow to the food security of our country, which is already suffering from extensive malnutrition. The future belongs to nations with grains and not guns. Guns can be purchased easily in the global market.
