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A study on impact of climatic change on cropping pattern under rainfed area in Shahpura block of Jabalpur district (M.P.)

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Title A study on impact of climatic change on cropping pattern under rainfed area in Shahpura block of Jabalpur district (M.P.)
 
Creator Singh, Amrita
 
Contributor Khare, N.K.
 
Subject climate, climatic change, crops, area, marketing, productivity, cropping patterns, irrigation, selection, rice
EXTENSION EDUCATION
 
Description ABSTRACT

Climate is one of the main determinants of agricultural production. Throughout the world there is significant concern about the effects of climate change and its variability on agricultural production. Within agriculture, it is the rainfed agriculture that will be most impacted by climate change India ranks first among the rainfed agricultural countries of the world in terms of both extent and value of produce and success of farming depends entirely on south west monsoon, as most of the area under farming comes under rainfed ecosystem. There are two major crop growing season in India as for climate point of view viz. kharif and rabi.

In Madhya Pradesh, agriculture supports nearly 70 per cent of the rural population. With 72 per cent area under rainfed cultivation and predominance of small holders with low adaptive capacity, agriculture sector is highly vulnerable and faces major challenges related to climate change and climate variability. Jabalpur division of M.P. is having maximum area comes under rainfed in which Shahpura block is having highest rainfed area among seven blocks and affected due to climate change because of less source of irrigation as well as variation in changing of climate. A study was conducted to (i) know the profile of farmers; (ii) Knowledge and adoption among farmers towards agriculture under climate change; (iii) impact of climate change on cropping pattern (iv)various problems faced by farmers due to climate change and suggestions to overcome them.

Results indicate that in case of profile, most of the respondents belonged to; middle age group, having joint family, belonged to ST category, acquired education up to primary school, low social participation, having occupation of only cultivation, were possessing medium size of land holding, low farm power, low annual income low utilization of information sources, low economic motivation, medium scientific orientation, having low medium level of knowledge and low level of adoption. In case of impact on cropping pattern due to climate change; it has been found that relative change under cereals, oilseeds, minor millets and pulses was negative which shows

respondents shifted to different cropping pattern as well as decrement in number of crops grown as compare to before 5 years. There was also loss in area under oilseed, pulses, cereals and minor millets up to some extent and loss in production of crops. It has been observed that due to climate change most of the farmers incurred loss in their net annual income while least of the respondents incurred gain because of much awareness and knowledge about climate change still the profit was not reached up to their expectation due to adverse effect of changing climate. Farmers also reported the problems they were facing due to climate change such as lack of knowledge to mitigate the effect of climate change; high cost fencing material; high cost of irrigation management; non- availability seeds, fertilizers and insecticides and also sufficient supply of electricity at the time of need for which they suggested for sufficient supply of electricity, subsidy for fencing material, subsidy for irrigation management like tube wells, bore wells etc. so that they can mitigate and cope with the effect of climate change.
 
Date 2016-06-23T11:58:14Z
2016-06-23T11:58:14Z
2015
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67833
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher JNKVV