FARMERS’ COPING MECHANISMS TOWARDS IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE: A STUDY IN NAGAPATTINAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU


R.Dharmadurai
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Abstract

Development of coping mechanism is very essential to overcome the negative impact of climate change on agriculture. The climate change factors relating to extreme weather events, unseasonal rain, erratic rainfall, delayed monsoon, over rainfall, occurrence of droughts and desertification can significantly affect the agriculture production. Hence, the farmers are in need of effective coping mechanism. This paper deals with coping mechanism adopted by farm households in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu state. It outlines the implications of various coping mechanism perceived by the farm household in the study area. This paper concludes with some interesting findings along with policy suggestions.

KEYWORDS: coping mechanism, climate change, drought, forest fires, and flooding,   

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EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review(JEBR)

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Vol : 4
Issue : 7
Month : July
Year : 2016
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