Halakatti, S.V.Hadimani, Prabhavati S.2021-09-262021-09-262016-06https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810176296The present study was conducted in Dharwad taluk of Dharwad district of Karnataka state during 2015-16 with the sample size of 120 farmers. A well structured schedule was developed and data was collected by personal interview method. The results of the study revealed that, 39.17 per cent of farmers had medium level of awareness of climate resilient practices. Most of the respondents were aware of use of improved high yielding and early maturing varieties (Kufri Pukhraj and Kufri Jawahar) (96.66 %) followed by farm pond (91.66 %) and earthing up of potato (90.83 %). In case of adoption of climate resilient practices, nearly 40 per cent of farmers belong to medium adoption category. About 80 per cent of farmers had adopted high yielding and early maturing varieties (Kufri Pukhraj and Kufri Jawahar) followed by earthing up of potato (60.00 %) and only 1.67 per cent of farmers had adopted the mulching practices. Further it was observed that, major constraints expressed by potato growers were lack of information related to weather forecasts, low price for their produce, lack of storage facility, perishability of the produce, etc., Majority of the respondents suggested that development department should arrange for timely supply of production inputs like seeds, fertilizers, fungicides, etc., in the villages to mitigate ill effects of climate change. It can be concluded by the findings of the study that, since majority of the farmers belonged to the medium level of awareness and adoption category, there is need to develop the system that provides regular weather information to all potato growers through ICT tools. The line departments should organize workshops, training and demonstrations to create awareness regarding improved and low cost climate resilient practices.EnglishThesis