Constraints Perceived by Farmers towards Climate Change in Bundelkhand Region, India
Deepak Kumar Pathak
Department of Agricultural Extension, BUAT, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
B. K. Gupta *
Department of Agricultural Extension, BUAT, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A. P. Verma
Department of Agricultural Extension, BUAT, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Gaurav Shukla
Department of Statistics and Computer Science, BUAT, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abhishek Kalia
Department of Basic and Social Sciences, BUAT, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rajeev Ranjan Patel
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, CSAUA&T, Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Navneet Maurya
Department of Agricultural Extension, BUAT, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
B.P. Mishra
Department of Agricultural Extension, BUAT, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aim: To study the various constraints perceived by farmers.
Study Design: Analytical and descriptive research designs were applied to this research.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Bundelkhand region in 2024, which is located in the north-central part of India. It consists of 13 districts which lie between 23°8'to 26°30'N latitude and 78°11' to 81°30'E longitude that are divided by the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Methodology: Respondents were selected through simple random sampling constraints were categorized based on PCI value.
Results: Farmers face several challenges in adopting climate-smart agricultural practices, which they rank by severity. Based on the PCI constraints were categorized into several ranks such as high cost of farm inputs, inadequate farm labour, lack of training and exposure visits to climate change and so forth the other constraints too.
Keywords: Adaptation strategies, climate change, climate-smart agriculture, constraints, problem confrontation index