Vulnerability of Farmers to Climate Change in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka

Shankara, M. H.; Shivamurthy, M.; Shivalingiah, Y. N.; Sahana, S.; Padma, S. R.

doi:10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i71865

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“…Overall vulnerability of paddy farming households in North Aceh was more vulnerable to climate change compared to Aceh Besar because the vulnerability value of paddy farming households in Aceh Besar was 0.44 and North Aceh was 0.45. Shankara et al [18] revealed that the exposure of farmers to climate change, rainfall and temperature were selected and the majority of farmers were severely exposed (0.822) and sensitive (0.894) to climate change with lower adaptive capacity (0.576) between the year 2013-2017. It showed that, 0.186, 0.226, 0.224, 0.220 and 0.241 was the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) of Arsikere, Kadur, Tiptur, Chiknayakanahalli and Challakere taluk, respectively.…”

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Development and Standardization of a Climate Vulnerability Index to Measure the Vulnerability Indices of Paddy Growers

Yaminileela,

Devy,

Nirmala

et al. 2024

IJECC

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India is prominently recognized as the foremost producer of paddy, cultivating this crop over 47.83 million hectares and generating 135.75 million tonnes of paddy, thus playing a substantial role in the worldwide paddy output. However, there is an anticipated decline in paddy production yields due to the projected effects of climate change, estimated to range from 10% to 30% by 2030. The assessment of vulnerability will give a comprehensive picture of current and future climate change risks with more stress factors to be anticipated. It will help identify opportunities arising from climate change, and provide information on how to assess adaptive capacity and cope with uncertainty. Adaptation cannot be planned based on the climate projections; information on risk and vulnerabilities is also needed to determine how the climate interacts with socio-economic issues. Against this backdrop, the proposed research seeks to fill this crucial knowledge gap by developing and constructing vulnerability indices tailored specifically for paddy growers in India. Based on review of literature and discussion with experts, three dimensions along with indicators and sub-indicators by adopting the indicator approach method under the vulnerability indices of paddy growers due to climate change were identified. The relevancy rating score was obtained from 50 experts in the concerned area. Based on the relevancy score, 17 indicators and 65 sub-indicators of 0.80 and above were considered for inclusion in the vulnerability index. To compute the index values for each of the identified dimensions, their relative importance in the vulnerability was worked out by assignment of weights to indicators and sub-indicators under each dimension through Principal component analysis (PCA) and the findings revealed that sensitivity was observed to be in the top position (8.36), followed by exposure (8.28) and adaptive capacity (5.61) in assessing the climate vulnerability of paddy growers.

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Development and Standardization of a Climate Vulnerability Index to Measure the Vulnerability Indices of Paddy Growers

Yaminileela,

Devy,

Nirmala

et al. 2024

IJECC

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“…while 2.50 per cent were "Highly Vulnerable," indicating a small but critical portion requiring immediate and targeted support. Lastly, none of the respondents fell into the "Not Vulnerable" category [8][9][10][11][12].…”

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A Study on Livelihood Vulnerability of Farmers: A Case Study of Aspirational Districts of Karnataka, India

Gorijavolu,

BY,

Beeraladinni

et al. 2024

ACRI

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The study was conducted to access the livelihood vulnerability of the farmers in aspirational districts in Karnataka. Livelihood vulnerability refers to the susceptibility of individuals or communities to adverse impacts on their means of sustenance and economic well-being, often stemming from external shocks or stressors. An ex-post facto research design was used. A sample size of 120 respondents were selected from Raichur and Yadgir districts using a simple random sampling technique. A well-structured interview schedule and Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) which includes eight components viz., Socio-demographic profile, livelihood strategies, social networks, food, water, health, climate variability and extremes, were use for data collection. Mean, cumulative frequency distribution and LVI were used for data analysis. The results revealed that the livelihood vulnerability index for Raichur was 0.484 and for Yadgir was 0.478. This indicates that the people in both districts are equally vulnerable to livelihood shocks and stresses. The medium level of LVI might be due to their dependency on more than one livelihood activities.

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“…Crops, fish, and livestock productivity may increase or decrease based on agro-climatic zones (ACZ) and the severity of impacts [10][11][12][13]. For instance, increasing soil salinity is evidenced in arid regions [14], whereas dry zones are vulnerable to drought with increased temperature [15,16], and wet regions are expected to receive excess and erratic rains, causing floods [17,18]. Moreover, the farmer's vulnerability to climate change impacts and their level of adoption varied significantly based on their level of education, farming experience, farm size, and annual income.…”

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“…Earlier studies highlighted different climate change perceptions, their validation with meteorological data, and adoption strategies by farmers. Reduction in yield and income due to climate change is perceived as a significant constraint by farmers in the dry eastern region of Karnataka, India [15]. Change in the monsoon pattern or initiation and termination of rainfall due to climate change is perceived in most cases by farmers [20,38].…”

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“…About 88% of the respondents reported a reduction in rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, India [16]. Adaptations to climate change include changing planting times [15,40] to cope with the changes in the onset of the monsoon. About 19% of Bolivia farmers reported adopting either new crops or new crops with drought/disease tolerance or early maturity as the mitigation option [41].…”

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Integrated Farming Systems as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change: Case Studies from Diverse Agro-Climatic Zones of India

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Climate change impacts agricultural productivity and farmers’ income, integrated farming systems (IFS) provide a mechanism to cope with such impacts. The nature and extent of climatic aberrations, perceived impact, and adaptation strategies by the farmers reduce the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture. Therefore, a study was conducted to investigate 2160 IFS farmers about their perceptions of climate change, barriers, and the likelihood of adapting to the negative impacts of climate change. The study observed an increasing rainfall trend for humid (4.18 mm/year) and semi-arid (0.35 mm/year) regions, while a decreasing trend was observed in sub-humid (−2.02 mm/year) and arid (−0.20 mm/year) regions over the last 38 years. The annual rise in temperature trends observed in different ACZs varied between 0.011–0.014 °C. Nearly 79% of IFS farmers perceived an increase in temperature, decreasing rainfall, variability in the onset of monsoon, heavy terminal rains, mid-season dry spells, and frequent floods due to climate change. The arid, semi-arid, sub-humid, and humid farmers’ adapted several measures in different components with an adaption index of 50.2%, 66.6%, 83.3%, and 91.6%, respectively. The majority of the IFS farmers perceived constraints in adopting measures to climate change, such as meta barriers, capacity barriers, and water barriers. Therefore, we infer that educated farmers involved in diversified and profitable farms with small to medium landholdings are concerned more about climate change in undertaking adaptive strategies to reduce the environmental impact of climate change.

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Vulnerability of Farmers to Climate Change in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

Development and Standardization of a Climate Vulnerability Index to Measure the Vulnerability Indices of Paddy Growers

Development and Standardization of a Climate Vulnerability Index to Measure the Vulnerability Indices of Paddy Growers

A Study on Livelihood Vulnerability of Farmers: A Case Study of Aspirational Districts of Karnataka, India

Integrated Farming Systems as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change: Case Studies from Diverse Agro-Climatic Zones of India

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