Climate change and sustainable agriculture

Abstract

This study aimed to explain the effects of climate change on agricultural production and to ensure the sustainability of agriculture against these changes. A change is a new state, different from the current state. Changes in climate affect all factors necessary for agricultural production. This new situation affects agricultural production and may lead to decreases and sometimes increases in yield. For the sustainability of agriculture, it is necessary to ensure the continuity of production. Increasing temperatures are disasters that directly affect human health. The price increases in some products caused by disasters cause consumer preferences to change towards other products and indirectly affect their health negatively. Every person has the right to access to adequate food, that is, the right to life. This right should be guaranteed by the countries of the world. Climate parameters such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, evaporation, wind speed, which affect our natural resources, affect agricultural production. Natural disasters experienced as a result of changes in climate parameters due to climate change cause economic losses by reducing productivity in agriculture. The economic losses experienced affect both the people who make a living from agriculture and the economy of the country. While the countries of the world are planning their economies, they should consider ecology, the sustainability of natural resources and their life cycles, climate, agricultural production, which provides raw materials for many sectors such as industry and tourism. Countries can secure food availability for the future of humanity by restructuring agriculture to adapt to unexpected changes in regions where climate change has adverse effects on agricultural production.