Climate Change Impact on Paddy Farming in Erode and Tiruchirapalli Districts of Tamil Nadu

Climate Change Impact on Paddy Farming in Erode and Tiruchirapalli Districts of Tamil Nadu

Climate change implies both direct and indirect impact on the general well-being of the people in the rural community such as agriculture and allied sectors for their livelihood security.  A study was conducted on the small and marginal paddy farmers of Tamil Nadu. A sample size of 200 paddy farmer...

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Main Authors: Sivaraj Paramasivam, H Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Extension Education Society 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Extension Education
Online Access:https://www.extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/4
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spelling doaj-f050e771e4e64be1897d186a2b5e27932021-04-10T15:16:00ZengExtension Education SocietyJournal of Extension Education0971-31232456-12822016-07-0127453Climate Change Impact on Paddy Farming in Erode and Tiruchirapalli Districts of Tamil NaduSivaraj Paramasivam0H Philip1Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityTamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbaotre. INDIA Climate change implies both direct and indirect impact on the general well-being of the people in the rural community such as agriculture and allied sectors for their livelihood security.  A study was conducted on the small and marginal paddy farmers of Tamil Nadu. A sample size of 200 paddy farmers was selected from the districts of Erode and Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Findings revealed that paddy farmers perceived climate change impacts includes five major components viz. crop nature, pest incidence, disease menace, water crisis and agro climatic status. It was found that farmers were much aware of the variations in rainfall pattern and its distribution followed by variability in temperature and changes in wind speed and direction. Receipt of low rainfall was found to be the most pertinent issue. https://www.extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/4
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title Climate Change Impact on Paddy Farming in Erode and Tiruchirapalli Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_short Climate Change Impact on Paddy Farming in Erode and Tiruchirapalli Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_full Climate Change Impact on Paddy Farming in Erode and Tiruchirapalli Districts of Tamil Nadu
title_fullStr Climate Change Impact on Paddy Farming in Erode and Tiruchirapalli Districts of Tamil Nadu
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description Climate change implies both direct and indirect impact on the general well-being of the people in the rural community such as agriculture and allied sectors for their livelihood security.  A study was conducted on the small and marginal paddy farmers of Tamil Nadu. A sample size of 200 paddy farmers was selected from the districts of Erode and Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Findings revealed that paddy farmers perceived climate change impacts includes five major components viz. crop nature, pest incidence, disease menace, water crisis and agro climatic status. It was found that farmers were much aware of the variations in rainfall pattern and its distribution followed by variability in temperature and changes in wind speed and direction. Receipt of low rainfall was found to be the most pertinent issue.
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