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Farmers’ perception of climate change and management strategies in the mid-Himalaya, India

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Title Farmers’ perception of climate change and management strategies in the mid-Himalaya, India
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Creator Kushagra Joshi
Ankita Kandpal
M L Roy
A Mukharjee
A Pattanayak
Vijay Singh Meena
S C Panday
 
Subject Climate Change
Adaptation
Perception
 
Description Not Available
The Himalayan ecosystem is one of the most climate
change-affected ecosystems in the world. The present
study focuses on farmers’ perceptions of climate risks
and adaptation strategies in Uttarakhand, mid-Himalaya,
India. Using district-level long-term climate data along
with village-level surveys, we explored the major trends
in climatic variables with farmers’ perception and ad-
aptation practices against climate change vagaries.
Farmers noticed changes in the environment that were
consistent with trends in the climate data. Farmers’
adaptation measures included changes in crop varieties,
reduced number of livestock, shifting to non-farm ac-
tivities, shifting planting dates and changing the cultiva-
ble land size. Stronger extension services, use of mobile
advisory for increasing extension contact, inexpensive
credit, community-focused agricultural training were
the most important factors for effective climate change
adaptation behaviour. Farmers’ perception was signifi-
cantly influenced by number of crops grown, training
experience and extension contact. This study emphasizes
the need for policymakers to take into account local
knowledge of climate change and strategies to speed up
communities’ shift towards resilience and the extension
mechanism must adapt their strategies for promoting
resilience based on locally constrained and unconstrained
measures.
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Date 2023-06-15T09:21:59Z
2023-06-15T09:21:59Z
2023-05-25
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/78350
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Current Science Association