Constraints faced by farmers during climate change

Abstract

The present study “Constraints faced by farmers during climate change” was carried in two blocks of Kanpur Nagar; in each block three villages were randomly selected therefore 25 respondents from each village were randomly selected from two blocks of six villages. Out of total respondents 39.4 per cent of respondents belonged to those families whose annual income was Rs 1,20,000 and above, whereas, 67.3 per cent of respondents holds marginal land area. It was found that maximum 53.3 per cent respondents belonged to 50 year and above age group, followed by 31.3 per cent respondents who were educated up to primary level while 70.7 per cent respondents belongs to nuclear family. The study reveals that 83.3 per cent respondents always face inadequate supply of irrigation water in canal. It was examined that respondents were facing many problems due to climate change such as people do not get information about accurate weather forecast due to which they were not able to adapt appropriate measures regarding climate change, lack of government policies to combat against natural calamities and low price of produce in the market.