Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
VK Poshiya, M Maheshwaran and RD Pandya

Abstract:
Climate system is unequivocal, as any increase in temperature, diurnal variations and changes in patterns and intensity of rainfall have massive effects on agriculture. Therefore, climate change is being considered as a serious threat to the livelihood of farmers. It is essential for the farmers to adopt mitigating strategies for climate change effects to sustain the agricultural production. The present study was conducted in seven districts of South Gujarat. District wise lists of recognized progressive farmers were obtained from the KVKs, ATMA and the Line Departments of South Gujarat. The data was collected from 350 respondents by following personal interview method and using structured interview schedule. After the analysis of the collected data it was observed that Major strategies adopted by progressive farmers for mitigating the adverse effects of the climate change on agriculture were change of crops (96.86%) and stands at first rank, followed by change of sowing dates of crops (88.58%) ranked second, animal health care practices (87.71%) ranked third, organic farming (86.28%) ranked fourth, soil and water conservation practices (85.14%) ranked fifth and Majority (67.71%) of the progressive farmers belonged to category of higher adoption of mitigating strategies for the adverse effects of climate change.