Constraints experienced by maize growers in adoption of climate resilient technologies in Haveri district of Karnataka

Abstract

Climate change and food security are today's two main agrarian challenges. Adaptation of climate resilience is no doubt the greatest strategy to deal with these problems. The National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) ICRA programme aims to make the country's most vulnerable areas climate resilient. Numerous climate-resilient technologies have been exhibited nationwide since the project's launch. Even though many programmes working on climate resilient technologies farmers are lacking behind in adopting them. In order to study the constraints faced by the farmers in adopting CRT a study was conducted in Haveri and Ranebennur taluks of Haveri district in the year 2023. The data was collected by personal interview method from 120 farmers including of 30 small and 30 big farmers from each taluk, and the data was analysed by using the suitable statistical tools. The study revealed that Majority of the farmers expressed that uneven and untimely rainfall and non availability of labours as major constraint with mean score 2.63 and 2.25 respectively, and suggested that crop insurance at farmers level and crop diversification need to be promoted.