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Farmers' Awareness and Perception about Climate Change in the Indo-Gangetic Plain Region of India

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Title Farmers' Awareness and Perception about Climate Change in the Indo-Gangetic Plain Region of India
 
Creator Kumar, Anuj
Saxena, Swami Prasad
 
Subject Weather
Climate Change
farmers' Knowledge
Impact
Indo-Gangetic plain
Government schemes
Climate Change
farmers' Knowledge
Impact
Indo-Gangetic plain
Government schemes
 
Description Climate change is negatively impacting agriculture productivity worldwide. Accordingly, it becomes necessary to know the level of farmers’ awareness about climate change. The study was conducted in the year 2023 to examine farmers' awareness and perceptions about nature, and the impact of changes in climate patterns on agriculture in India's Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) region. The study is based on a survey of 400 farmers, selected conveniently from five districts of Uttar Pradesh, a prominent province of the IGP region. The weighted average mean and chi-square test were applied to analyze the primary data. The findings indicate that farmers of the sampled area were aware of the problem, they get weather-related information from multiple sources like television, newspapers, etc. Almost half of the respondents in the sampled area strongly consider climate change as anthropogenic as well as naturogenic. Farmers perceived that reduced crop yields as the premier ultimatum of climate change in agriculture. The results unveil that the contrasting income groups have different levels of awareness of climate change similarly youth and educated farmers rely on their specific sources of weather-related information.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Extension Education, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
 
Date 2024-10-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer reviewed Research Article
 
Format application/pdf
application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/156356
10.48165/IJEE.2024.60418
 
Source Indian Journal of Extension Education; Vol. 60 No. 4 (2024): Indian Journal of Extension Education; 101-106
2454-552X
0537-1996
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/156356/56031
https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJEE/article/view/156356/56065
 
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