Assessing the Adoption of Climate Resilient Agricultural Technologies by the Farmers of Telangana State

Abstract

In agriculture sector, the effect of climate change seems to have become inevitable during the last few decades. Hence, the technologies for climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) are probably the best adaptation solutions currently available to improve the resilience of agriculture. The study to access the extent of adoption of CRA technologies by the farmers in the National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project implemented villages of Suryapet and Khammam districts in Telangana state was conducted during 2021-22. Total 200 farmers from these two districts were selected randomly to evaluate the adoption status of recommended CRA technologies and its association with the respondents’ profile characteristics. The respondents had adopted CRA technologies at medium to high levels with the majority of beneficiaries adopting technologies like deep ploughing, in-situ moisture conservation technologies in cotton and red gram, crop diversification from paddy to jowar and vegetables as a contingent crop, improved variety of paddy Siddhi WGL-44 and improved backyard poultry breeds. The profile characteristics viz., education, annual income, land holding, individual and mass media exposure, economic motivation, risk-taking ability, and innovative proneness had a positive and significant association with the extent of adoption of CRA technologies.

Adoption Behaviour of Climate-resilient Agricultural Practices in Punjab under NICRA Project

“…In Punjab, rice-wheat is the predominant cropping system and its diversification is restricted due to want of political will, ecology, lack of infrastructure (such as processing plants, dryers, cold storage) market forces and social preferences of the farmers. The farmers with high land holding and annual income level were having higher adoption levels of crop-resilient agricultural technologies compared to the other farmers due to frequent contacts with extension personals, the ability to invest more capital in agricultural practices, and were eager to explore new technology (Naik et al, 2023). While, majority of farmers in the smart villages adopted kitchen gardening in Fatehgarh sahib, Bathinda, Roopnagar and Faridkot districts (Table 1).…”

Do Socio-economic Conditions and Personal Behaviour Influence the Adoption of Climate Change Mitigating Measures

“…In Asia, crop yield is projected to be declined by 5-30 per cent by 2050 due to rising temperatures, and in India, it has been expected that a 2.7°C to 4.3°C rise in temperature by 2050 will lead to a reduction in yield of rice and wheat by 32-40 per cent and 41-52 per cent, respectively (Gupta & Pathak, 2016). In recent years, the projected adverse impact of climate change has attracted significant attention to adopting climate-smart agricultural (CSA) technologies to cope with the risk associated with climate change (Birthal et al, 2019;Mairura et al, 2021;Naik et al, 2023). An appropriate understanding of the determinants of farmers' perception of climate change is vital for making pro-farmer policies and adopting effective mitigation and adaptation strategies (Meena et al, 2022a).…”

Awareness and Adoption of Climate Resilient Horticulture Technologies by Farmers in Ri Bhoi District of Meghalaya

“…Agricultural production system in North-East India is mostly rainfed and at subsistence level. The hilly terrains of North Eastern India are facing climatic vulnerability due to heavy and erratic rainfall, hailstone, frost and intermittent drought, which results into crop loss (Malla, 2014, Greg et al, 2011 and it remains a major obstacle to achieve food security in India (Naik et al, 2023, Pabba et al, 2022. Use of local varieties, porous soil, soil acidity, aluminum toxicity, iron toxicity, phosphorous unavailability, rainfed cropping along with traditional management practices have already resulted in low crop productivity and cropping intensity.…”

“…International Journal of Economic Plants 2023, 10(4): 256-262 Distribution of respondents according to their Information seeking behavior due to remoteness of the area and more skilled labour intensive, which adds to their cost of production Shanker et al (2013). andNaik et al (2023) also found reported that the soil moisture conservation techniques like mulching with organic residue and cover cropping in rainfed agriculture were adopted by farmers to cope up with climate change.…”