Climate change vulnerability assessment of rice farmers of Alappuzha District (Record no. 289682)
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| fixed length control field | 05299nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 630.71 |
| Item number | FAT/CL PG |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fathima A |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Climate change vulnerability assessment of rice farmers of Alappuzha District |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Vellayani |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 48p. |
| 502 ## - DISSERTATION NOTE | |
| Dissertation note | MSc |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract | The study, entitled ‘Climate change vulnerability assessment of rice farmers of Alappuzha district’ was conducted during 2019-21. The objectives of the research were to develop a Climate change Vulnerability Index (CVIAEU) for selected Agro-ecological Units (AEUs) of Alappuzha district to compare the dimensions of climate vulnerabilityAdaptive capacity, Sensitivity and Exposure and to assess the farmer’s perception on change in various climatic parameters and the coping strategies followed by them. The study was based on the primary data collected through personal interviews using a pretested and well-structured interview schedule. The study was conducted among the rice farmers of two AEUs of Alappuzha district, namely Kuttanad (AEU 4) and Onattukara (AEU 3) during May and August 2021. Using multi-stage sampling technique, 39 respondents from Onattukara and 156 respondents from Kuttanad were selected, totaling 195 respondents, which constituted the sample size of the study. For the socio-economic profiling of the respondents, the variables selected were age, gender, means of livelihood, education, family size, farming experience, and operational holding size. Based on the results obtained, it was found that none of the farmers belonged to young age (<35 category), and vast majority of the respondents were male (96.92%). Half of the respondents (50.26%) with agriculture as their primary occupation. Only 43.80 per cent of the farmers had high school level of education. Majority of the respondents (64.10%) had a medium-sized family with 4-6 members and a medium range of farming experience (54.36%). Furthermore, 32.31 per cent of the farmers belonged to the categories of marginal and 25.13 per cent were small holders. For the purpose of climate change vulnerability assessment, a composite index (CVIAEU) was developed based on the framework of CVIRFT (Sathyan et al., 2018) and LVI (Hahn et al., 2009). The index is scaled from ‘0 to 1’, i.e., from least vulnerable to most vulnerable. The CVIAEU was developed based on three dimensions of vulnerability viz., Adaptive capacity, Sensitivity and Exposure, under which 9 major components and 39 indicators were selected based on literature review, expert opinion and location context. Of the 39 indicators, 7 were developed for the study specifically for the location. 178 Based on the CVIAEU value obtained, Onattukara AEU (0.504) is more vulnerable than Kuttanad AEU (0.489). Although vulnerability index values showed not much difference among AEUs, dimensional values showed substantial differences. The exposure dimension showed the highest variation among AEUs, with Kuttanad (0.683) having a relatively higher vulnerability than Onattukara (0.602) in terms of exposure. Sensitivity dimension stands second in terms of variability across AEUs, with Onattukara (0.40) showing higher value for the dimension. The adaptive capacity showed the least variability among the three dimensions, with Onattukara (0.523) having higher vulnerability in terms of this dimension. Overall, both the AEUs had a medium level of vulnerability. Assessment of perception in change of climatic parameters based on perception index revealed that, majority of the farmers (96%) were found to have a high degree of perception towards changes in various climatic parameters like temperature increase and rainfall distribution. For the purpose of analyzing adaptation strategies followed by the farmers, nine strategies selected based on a review of literature were analyzed for their frequency of use by the respondents, and the results indicated ‘crop insurance’ and ‘warning seeking’ strategies as the most commonly used, followed by ‘diversification of income’. Region specific adaptation strategies followed by the rice farmers were also derived. Though the farmers were found to be better at perceiving and adapting to changes in climatic parameters, there were components that needed further attention which contributed to their vulnerability. Based on the indicator values, the components viz., livelihood strategies, socio-economic assets, social networks and water under the purview of adaptive capacity and sensitivity, where interventions can be planned, were identified. To improve these components, policy level suggestions viz., announcing schemes for crop and livestock diversification and integrated farming, linking farmer organizations to cooperative institutions, conduct trainings on flood risk management and technology adoption, schemes for ensuring water supply and insurance policy modification to include crop loss due to salt water intrusion were made. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Agricultural Extension |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Rice |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Climate change vulnerability |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Archana R Sathyan (Guide) |
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| Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Not For Loan | Reference Book | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | Theses | 2022-07-12 | 630.71 FAT/CL PG | 175354 | 2022-07-12 | Theses |