Indian farmers are keeping fingers crossed. Will the monsoon this kharif (south-west monsoon season) be normal, above normal (like last year), or sub-normal? One has received ominous reports of an El Nino, which means, India will receive much less rainfall, and that, could be a repeat of 2009 when we had a severe drought. India, long held as a “hotspot” of climate change and the Indian subcontinent are at the vanguard of the worst impact for food security and human livelihood. Almost 70 per cent of our land is prone to drought, 12 per cent to floods, and 8 per cent to cyclones. An aberration in one of these will mean that Indian agriculture will nosedive.

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