Abstract:
Weather patterns are playing an important role in the agricultural sector in this era. The production of crops is much lesser than compared to a decade ago. We the people of Manipur are dependent on agriculture and agricultural activities for our socio-economic survival. Besides, rice is the staple food crop of both the plain and hill areas and accounts for 95 % of the total food grain production in the state [1]. At present, the scenario of erratic rainfall, heavy rainfall, little rainfall, or sometimes no rainfall is disturbing the local rice varieties in terms of planting, diseases and pests, phenology, etc. The IPCC, scientific, and other research report suggests the decrease in crop production to climatic change and other several factors (Natural/Artificial). As a result, people prefer more on high-yielding crops more than traditional varieties for better agricultural productivity. Therefore, the need for time is to study, review, and explores the imbalance challenges of local rice varieties to overcome the issues and problems.