ASSESSING MAIZE FARMERS ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN NASHIK DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA

Autor: B. Mounika*, M. C. Ahire
Rok vydání: 2023
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7764383
Popis: Long-term climatic change that may popularly know as ‘climate change’ is currently one of the world's greatest challenges. Agriculture is directly dependent on climate, since temperature, sunlight and water are the main drivers of crop growth. Use of drought and disease resistant varieties, crop diversification, mixed crop livestock farming systems and altering planting dates are common adaptation strategies towards climate change. Maize is the third most important cereal crop in the world which is affected by climate change, particularly sensitive to heat stress during the flowering stage and grain filling period which leads to decreased yield. The current study assessed the level of adaptation strategies followed by maize growers to mitigate the impact of climate change in Nashik district of Maharashtra. Three tehsils namely Niphad, Nandgaon and Yeola were selected with sample size of 120 respondents from 12 villages. Ex-post facto design was used for the study. Farmers were found to be less likely to adopt strategies such as intercropping, constructing bunds to conserve soil moisture, wind breaks and creating rain harvesting structures. This study recommends there is need of creating awareness and conducting training programs to maize farmers regarding these adaptation strategies. Majority of the farmers are not aware of insuring their crop. So, there is need of establishing an institutional arrangement with bank to insure maize crop against weather extremes by the government. Subject matter specialists from KVKs and Agricultural Extension Officers from the line department should visit the farmer's field and collect information on adaptation measures taken by farmers and find the limitations in adapting, as well as guide them to solve the farmer’s problem using the resources that are available with farmers. This would reduce the probability of farmers losing crops due to climate change and variability, and hence make them less vulnerable.
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