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Local Perception and Adoption to climate Change: A review of Agricultural perspective

Som Nepali*1 and Rajesh Tamang2
Published 30-09-2022

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.22573/spg.ijals.022.s122000110

AUTHOR AFFILIATION

1* Department of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kochi-683104, Kerala, India
2 Department of Social Work, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kochi-683104, Kerala, India.

ABSTRACT

The main objectives of the research is to understand the perception of the local people on climate change and examine the impact of such change on agriculture and livestock management practices among the people. Moreover the research also attempted to analyze the present adaptive strategies of the local people which ultimately increase their adaptive capacity and resilience in the face of change. The framework of cognitive anthropology and human ecology helped to compare and analyze the difference in the perception about change in climatic variables and climate related risk and disasters, their impact on agriculture and livestock management practices and present coping and adaptive strategies followed by the people in their respective surroundings. Furthermore, the study also used the sustainable livelihood framework to assess the climate change impacts on agriculture and livestock systems of the studied communities. It attempts to understand the perception of the people on climate change through the change in the climate related parameters such as precipitation, temperature, and mist and dews and climate related extremes and disasters such as the long drought, heavy rainfall, landslide and soil erosion, windstorms and hailstorms.

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KEYWORDS

Perception, Local People, Climate change, Agriculture and livestock, Communities.
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ARTICLE HISTORY

Received: 02 May 2022/ Revised: 12 June 2022/ Accepted: 18 Aug 2022/ Published: 30 Sep 2022

COPYRIGHT

© 2022 Som, N, et al.. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the Original work is properly cited.

COMPETING INTERESTS

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE

Som, N., & Rajesh, T. (2022). Local Perception and Adoption to climate Change: A review of Agricultural perspective. Int J Agric Life Sci, 8(3), 375-383. Doi: 10.22573/spg.ijals.022.s122000110.


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