Vol. 9, Issue 9 (2020)

Author(s):
Suraj Kumar, AN Mishra, AK Singh, SR Mishra and AKS Shahi

Abstract:
In district Sonbhadra of U.P., the annual trend of rainfall has been studied using annual data series of 20 years (2000-2019). Data analyzed over last 20 years (2000-2019) revel that annual rainfall of Sonbhadra gradually declined over the normal 919.0 (mm) in recent years. Annual average maximum temperature of Mirzapur of was found increasing trend over normal average maximum temperature (31.3⁰C) during 20years (2000-2019) period. Rise in average maximum temperature by 1.5⁰C was found in the year 2019 over the normal temperature of district Sonbhadra. A decreasing trend of rainfall and increasing trend of both maximum and minimum temperature resulted into decreased agricultural production with respect to the present grain need scenario for the world population.