Climate Change Adaptation Strategies by Farmers in Tiruchirapalli District of Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Climate change is widely viewed as one of the most serious concerns confronting society today. Climate change is due to natural internal processes or external factors, as well as long-term anthropogenic changes in atmosphere composition and land use. The main purpose of the study was to find out the climate adaptation strategies followed by the respondents and their causes of adoption. Random sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. A total of 60 farmers were selected for the study. The data were collected through direct face-to-face personal interviews, and then compiled, tabulated, and analyzed to get answers with the help of appropriate statistical tools. In this research study, major findings were more than 90 per cent of the farmers had low to medium levels of climate adaptation strategies and the major cause for the adoption of adaptation strategies was the neighbourhood aspect (67.3%) followed by less prone to climate effects (65.60%) and shorter duration varieties (56.30%).