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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF AGRO-MET ADVISORY SERVICE (AAS) ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHICKBALLAPUR DISTRICT

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Title COMPARATIVE STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF AGRO-MET ADVISORY SERVICE (AAS) ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHICKBALLAPUR DISTRICT
 
Creator PREETHI
 
Contributor Chandrashekhar, S. Vaster
 
Description The present study was conducted in the chickballapur district of
Karnataka during 2011-12 to compare the knowledge and perception of AAS
and other farmers about climate change and also to identify the constraints
experienced by them to take up recommended mitigation stratergies. Visible
variation in rainfall, temperature, wind-speed, Relative Humidity was observed
in this area, hence, these climate parameters were considered for the study. The
findings revealed that, nearly 51.11 per cent of AAS farmers had high followed
by medium (40%) and low (8.89%) levels of knowledge about climate change
whereas 36.67 per cent of non-AAS farmers had medium followed by low
(34.44%) and high (28.89%) levels of knowledge. The results of study indicate
that, about 53.33 per cent of AAS farmers had medium followed by high (35.56
%) and low (11.11%) levels of perception. Nearly 68.89 per cent of non-AAS
farmers had medium followed by low (17.78%) and high (13.33%) levels of
perception about climate change. Independent variables like landholdings,
cosmopoliteness, extension participation, mass media exposure, irrigation
potential and scientific orientation were significantly associated with knowledge
levels of AAS farmers and variables like landholdings, cosmopoliteness,
extension participation and mass media exposure were significantly associated
with knowledge levels of non-AAS farmers. Regarding the association of
Independent variables with perception of climate change variables like
landholdings, cosmopoliteness, extension participation, mass media exposure
and farming-experience were significantly associated with AAS farmers’
perception and mass media exposure, farming experience and irrigation
potential were significantly associated with non-AAS farmers perception. The tvalue
obtained by comparing knowledge levels of AAS and non-AAS farmers was
7.86 and the value obtained by comparing perception was 3.19. It is seen that
there was significant difference in the knowledge of AAS and non-AAS farmers
indicating the effectiveness and need of Agro-met Advisory Services. The major
constraints experienced by a farmers to initiate adaptation measures were lack
of technical skills and capacities for adoption of technologies, lack of awareness
and sensitization to the development and utilization of new technologies, nonavailability
of timely inputs, lack of information about long term climate change,
high cost in adoption of new technology, lack of extension services in technology
dissemination and lack of investment capital and land tenure issues.
 
Date 2016-12-05T13:17:33Z
2016-12-05T13:17:33Z
2012-07-23
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Th-10228
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/89171
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore