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Farmers’ Perceptions, Attitudes and Adaptions towards Climate Change in Selected Semi-Arid Districts of India: Implications from an Adaptation View.

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Title Farmers’ Perceptions, Attitudes and Adaptions towards Climate Change in Selected Semi-Arid Districts of India: Implications from an Adaptation View.
 
Creator K. Ravi Shankar; K. Nagasree; G. Nirmala; C. A. Rama Rao;B. M. K. Raju; C. N. Anshida Beevi; Jagriti Rohit; P. K. Pankaj; D. B. V. Ramana; I. Srinivas; S. Vijaya Kumar; K. Sindhu; Ch. Srinivasa Rao
 
Subject Adaptions; infrastructure; population; rainfed area.
 
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The effects of climate change on agriculture are being witnessed all over the world. Rainfed
agriculture is likely to be impacted severely in view of its’ high dependency on monsoon, the
likelihood of increased extreme weather events due to aberrant behavior of south west monsoon.
Anantapur, Akola, Solapur and Bijapur districts in India were selected for the study because, rainfed
area is more than irrigated area and rainfall is the most critical factor affecting crop production in these districts. Major perceptions of climate change in the four rainfed study districts were
prolonged dry spells, rise in temperatures, and delayed and shorter rains. Major adaptation
measures towards climate change in four study districts were insurance, change in planting dates
and cropping pattern. Majority of farmers positively agreed with attitude towards climate change
statements which augurs well for current and future adaptation actions. As farm level adaptation
becomes an increasingly important across the world, policies at all levels will need to be accounted
for appropriate factors, including perceptions and how perceptions affect human behavior and
adaptive actions. Adaptation through transformation (in the present study diversify to livestock and
work as labor) has the potential to become an inclusive, engaging and empowering process that
contributes to alternative and sustainable development pathways which needs to be encouraged.
The present findings contribute to research on climate change adaptation decision making both as
a function of intra-individual processes such as knowledge, attitudes; and extra-individual factors
like policies, infrastructure, information, forecasts etc. along with socio-economic contributory
factors which deserve due attention in the light of scaling up adaptations.
 
Date 2021-08-25T04:37:34Z
2021-08-25T04:37:34Z
2020-12-31
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Ravi Shankar, K., Nagasree, K., Nirmala, G., Rama Rao, C.A., Raju, B.M.K., Anshida Beevi, C.N., Jagriti Rohit, Pankaj, P.K., Ramana, D.B.V., Srinivas, I., Vijaya Kumar, S., Sindhu, K. and Srinivasa Rao, Ch. 2020. Farmers’ Perceptions, Attitudes and Adaptions towards Climate Change in Selected Semi-Arid Districts of India: Implications from an Adaptation View. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology:379-395.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/60423
 
Language English
 
Relation ;Article no.CJAST.65427
 
Publisher Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology