Air pollution severely hits wheat, rice production in India, says study  

November 5, 2014

Short-lived climate pollutants-SLCPs have had significant impact on crop yields in India in recent decades. UP, the main wheat-producing state has been hit especially hard while rice-producing states in the heavily polluted northern Indo Gangetic Plains have also been significantly negatively affected

Moneylife Digital Team

Tropospheric ozone and black carbon (BC), the two potent short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), have severely affected wheat and rice production in India over the past three decades.