To mitigate the climatic risk involved in the agriculture system, a shift from traditional cropping practices to climate-resilient practices of NICRA Project, is a strategy to increase farmers' income as well as agricultural sustainability. It reduces the risk to farmers from crop failure due to climate variations, by providing alternative suitable climate-resilient technologies. It also helps in the conservation of natural resources, increases food and nutritional security and helps in poverty alleviation by providing employment opportunities to the farmers. The attitude of farmers plays a crucial role in adopting any new technology. This paper analyzes the factors influencing the attitude of farmers towards climate-resilient technologies of the NICRA project in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. We studied the determinants influencing attitude towards climate-resilient technologies by using the primary data. The ex-post facto research design was used and a sample size of 60 respondents was selected using a simple random sampling technique. Out of 14 variables, education, social participation, landholding, innovativeness, mass media exposure, extension contacts and trainings attended had a positive and significant association with farmer’s attitude towards climate-resilient technologies.

The geriatric population in India is the second largest in the world, next to China. Among the states, Kerala has the highest proportion of elderly population in India. The problems of senior citizens were multiple and all these problems are interdependent. Hence, it is essential to make the senior citizens independent and self-sufficient so that they can build up their inherent potentialities to cope up with their problems. Geriatric Horticultural Therapy (GHT) which is an emerging area in India and relatively new discipline that can be used as a method of healing many geriatric problems which includes hands-on activities, such as potting up plants and the focus is on multisensory experiences and engaging all the senses. GHT is rooted in the idea that interacting with plants can bring about well-being old people, which will also enhance the attention of society towards the problems experienced by senior citizens. Thus, GHT may find a way for the betterment of lifestyle of senior citizens.