CLIMATE RESILIENCE MANAGEMENT LEVEL AMONG FARMERS IN AGRICULTURE IN EASTERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA
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2019-11-08
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, GKVK BENGALURU
Abstract
The present study was carried in the Eastern Dry Zone (Zone-5) of Karnataka
during 2017-18 . It covers six districts viz., Tumkur, Banglore rural, Bangalore urban,
Kolar, Ramanagar and Chickballapur. Data was collected from a sample of 90 farmers
from irrigated area and 90 farmers from rainfed area using pre-tested interview schedule
through personal interview method. Standardized scales to measure climate resilience
management level among farmers was developed and used in the study. The study
showed that in irrigated situation, 36.67 per cent of respondents belonged to low climate
resilience management level. Whereas, in rainfed situation, half of the farmers 50.00 per
cent had low level of climate resilience management. Variables like mass media
exposure, economic motivation, and distance to market, innovative proneness,
irrigational potential, education, risk orientation and extent of natural capital were found
highly significant association with climate resilience management level. Documentation
of adoptability of climate resilient management in response to vulnerability of climate
change showed that majority of farmers followed drought tolerant varieties followed by
intercropping, pest and disease resistant varieties. Majority of farmers expressed their
problems were non availability of labour and other constraints like, higher cost of the
agricultural inputs, non availability of inputs. Majority of farmers suggested that timely
supply inputs (seeds, plant protection chemicals, fertilizers) followed by
subsidies/compensation has to be given for the crops to make up the cost of cultivation
due to weather aberrations creating awareness about adoption measures against climate
change.