Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Deepali Suryawanshi, Shobhana Gupta and Shrishti Bilaiya

Abstract:
Climate change is one of the fundamental risks in the agriculture sector. In India, it affects the severe and affects the likelihood of the farmers in a greater manner by dampening the agricultural production and, thereby, the livelihood of the farmers. The Madhya Pradesh state, which depends on rain-fed for production with low socioeconomic development, is also affected by climate change. These adaptation strategies facilitate preventing crop damage and agricultural production and helping cope with climate change. Farmers, on the other hand, face numerous challenges in implementing adaptation strategies, including socioeconomic, credit, irrigation access, and a lack of timely reliable information. Thus, a farmers' level study was conducted in Chhindwara district of MP state on an assessment of constraints in the adaptation of strategies to cope with climate change. The hypothesis states that there is a relationship with socioeconomic factors and constraints in employing adaptation strategies to cope with climate change. The findings underscore that the majority of the farmers are facing constraints in employing adaptation strategies with respect to climate change; lack of information about long-term climate change; and no subsidies on planting materials. Furthermore, the study recommended that weather forecast information be published and provided in real time through social media (TV and radio) and made available to farmers through agricultural extension agents. Impart training on how to improve agricultural production under vulnerable climatic conditions. An improvement in the educational level enables one to avoid vulnerability.