Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

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The Impact Of Climate Change On The Decline In Rice Production In Indonesia

Climate change due to global warming has been, is and will happen. The impact that can be felt are increasingly frequent extreme weather and climate, such as floods, droughts, tornadoes-like, tornadoes, storms, cyclones, El Nino, La Nina and others. The melting of the icebergs at the poles will increase the mean sea level soaking low coastal areas that agricultural land will be narrowed. Reduced agricultural land due to sea level rise will increase the risk of declining agricultural production. Northern coast of West Java in particular Karawang as one of the national granary also threatened agricultural area narrowed due to heightened sea levels in particular areas bordering the Java Sea. Temperature is one indicator of global warming which could threaten the improvement of agriculture especially rice production due to increased respiration and evapotranspiration and shorten the life of the plant. Rice production is also expected to be affected by reduced rainfall conditions. The above understanding often involves large scale that need to be investigated further at local and micro scale. The results show that climate change will bring important impact on agricultural systems in Indonesia, especially in Karawang in 2030. The distribution level impact of the disaster is uneven. The most visible impact indicated by the hazard index value higher than the other is subdistrict Tempuran. Reduction of rice production, reduction of planting area and harvested area indicates this subdistricts is the most affected.