JAMMU, Sept. 4 -- Jammu and Kashmir's own statistical records spanning two decades are offering important evidence of changing weather patterns, shifting cropping systems and growing climate vulnerability across the Himalayan region.
Quoting the latest Golden Jubilee edition of the Digest of Statistics 2025, published by the Planning Department, a senior bureaucrat and IAS officer Shahid Chouhdary provides a valuable statistical record of changes in climate and agriculture by placing historical data alongside the latest available figures. The data highlights five significant trends: changing rainfall patterns, rising food-grain production alongside shifts in crop choices, rapid expansion of horticulture, increasing vulnerability to extreme...