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The impact of climate change on Agriculture can been assessed as follows;

Temperature shocks have a much greater effect on unirrigated areas as compared to irrigated areas
Extreme temperature shocks, results in a 20 percent decline in agricultural yields during the kharif and rabi season

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Explanation:

Extreme temperature shocks, when a district is significantly hotter than usual (in the top 20 percentiles of the district-specific temperature distribution), results in a 4 percent decline in agricultural yields during the kharif season and a 4.7 percent decline in rabi yields. Similarly, extreme rainfall shocks - when it rains significantly less than usual (bottom 20 percentiles of the district-specific rainfall distribution). The result is a 12.8 percent decline in kharif yields, and a smaller, but not insignificant decline of 6.7 percent in rabi yields.