Awareness of farmers regarding climate change

Abstract

Climate change refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. Total annual crop losses in the world agriculture are mainly due to direct weather impacts. The present study was conducted in Latur district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. From this district two tehsils near to district place were considered for the study. Four villages from each tehsils were selected randomly. Ten farmers from each village who were using mobile phone services were purposively selected. Thus, total 80 famers were the sample of present study. The major objective of this study was to study the awareness of farmers regarding climate change and to know the relationship between profile of the farmer and awareness regarding climate change. After analyzing the data, it was observed that half (50.00%) of the farmers were in medium category of awareness about climate change. The next result was that age, education, farming experience, occupation, knowledge of crop insurance, extension contact and risk orientation are positive and highly significant with awareness of farmers regarding climate change.