Farm Women’s Awareness, Knowledge and Adaptation to Climate Change in Northern Transitional Zone of Karnataka, India | Chapter 5 | Novel Perspectives of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 8

 This phase aimed to discover farmwomen awareness about temperature change, their knowledge about the signs of climate change and familiarization measure to minimize the negative impact of farming productivity. Climate change is the substantial threat to farming in countries about the globe in addition to in India. The impact of climate change is clear on the Indian monsoon, that has become more unpredictable and violent over the last few age. Crop  failures and raised infestation of contagions and insects have enhance rampant.Farmers in India are not completely aware of surroundings change and its  signs, causes, and impacts. This study was conducted all along 2018-19 under All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Home Science in Sulla village of Dharwad section of Karnataka state, India. Simple random sampling method was used to select 100 farm women in the center. A pre tested interview schedule was used to accumulate the data. The study told that all of the respondents were not knowledgeable about the increase in melting of snow, cold wave and frequent flood. The study tells that 36 % of the farm women belonged to depressed category of knowledge on indicators on environment change. It was also seen that all of the women were not knowledgeable about changes in farming whole in present climate condition. Energy and farming have always had a powerful relationship. Therefore, growing agricultural gain's energy effectiveness is a useful approach for lowering result costs and emissions. Results signify that women were ignorant of the causes of climate change, containing growing urbanisation, the use of pesticides, unaffected disasters, the blazing of fossil fuels and farm waste, the habit of electrical machines, and global preparing. Additionally, all of the ladies achieved intercropping, crop rotation, and a shift in the establishiing calendar.

Author(s) Details:

Geeta P. Channal,
AICRP -WIA (Extension), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

Rekha Rayangoudar,
AICRP -WIA (Extension), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

Supriya P. Patil,
AICRP -WIA (Extension), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

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