Climate change affects agricultural production in the country as well as in the State creating several major problems, said Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) Vice-Chancellor Prof Manoranjan Kar here last week.
Inaugurating a three-day seminar on Emerging Climate Change Issues and Sustainable Management Strategies, organised by the Satyasai Charitable and Educational Trust at the OUAT University, Kar stressed on various preventive measure to combat climate changes. Attending the function, Neurosurgeon Dr Sanatan Rath, director of Centre for Environment Studies (CES) Sailabala Padhee and CRRI director Dr Trilochan Mohapatra highlighted on various scientific facts on agriculture and bio-diversity. Besides, vice-chancellor of the Ravenshaw University Dr BC Tripathy was awarded with the Satya Sai Samman on the occasion.
On the second day, Rajya Sabha member Ramachandra Khuntia and OUAT (extension education) Shankarsan Nanda talked on how climate change creates agricultural and allied problems and at the same time they stressed on the need for steps and awareness programmes for its solutions. Among others, trust chairman Prof Sanjay Kumar Samantarai and principal scientist Dr Sangram Keshri Nayak spoke on the occasion.