Author(s):

Varsha Shrivastava, NK Khare and AK Pande

Abstract: The study was carried out in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh with the objective to assess the farmers’ perception on climate vulnerability and adaptation measures adopted by the farmers in rice-wheat cropping system. The Shahpura block was selected randomly for study and five villages were selected purposely. The proportionate random sampling was used to make sample size 120. The study revealed farmers had perceives the changes in temperature and precipitation. The majority of farmers perceived that outbreak of insect pest and disease, emergence of weed species, declination in soil nutrient status, high input cost, reduced grain quality and low market price to produce are impact of the climate change while cent per cent farmers perceived declination in water table and low production are the impact of climate change. The farmers mainly adapted change in the variety and change in the transplanting date, increased dose of fertilizer with neem coated urea and alternate wetting –drying system, raised the height of bunds, partitioning of the large field into small field to store water and increased use of insecticide and pesticides in Rice while in the Wheat crop, farmers follows change in variety, line sowing, increased seed rate, increased dose of fertilizer with neem coated urea, adoption of sprinkler irrigation and majority of farmers adopted crop diversification. Most of the farmers had taken crop insurance. The results of study will serve a guideline to researchers, extension personal and policy maker to make effective policies and plans on climate change so farmers can double their income.

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