Climate resilience management level among farmers in eastern dry zone of Karnataka

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Eastern Dry Zone of Karnataka state in India during 2018-19. The data was collected from 180 farmers using structured interview schedule. The collected data was analyzed and tabulated using Chi- square, ANOVA and Correlation. Profile characteristic farming experience, mass media exposure, and farm mechanization level comes under low level category. Majority 43.33 per cent of farmers had low level of climate resilience management followed by high (31.11%) and medium (25.56%) level. The chi-square test value is found to be 53.55** turn out be significant at one per cent level indicating a highly significant variation in the overall climate resilience management level among the farmers. Variables like economic motivation, mass media exposure, distance to market, innovative proneness, irrigational potential, education, risk orientation and extent of natural capital were found to have positive and significant association at one per cent level with climate resilience management level. Non-availability of labour and higher cost of the agricultural inputs were the major constraints faced by farmers. Supply inputs is the most important suggestion to mitigate ill effects of climate change.Climate resilience management in Easter Dry Zone expected to provide opportunity for the farmers to meet their needs, develop new resilience management practices with farmers to solve their problem which helps to get better management.