Abstract
To mitigate the climatic risk involved in the agriculture system, a shift from traditional cropping practices to climate-resilient practices of NICRA Project, is a strategy to increase farmers' income as well as agricultural sustainability. It reduces the risk to farmers from crop failure due to climate variations, by providing alternative suitable climate-resilient technologies. It also helps in the conservation of natural resources, increases food and nutritional security and helps in poverty alleviation by providing employment opportunities to the farmers. The attitude of farmers plays a crucial role in adopting any new technology. This paper analyzes the factors influencing the attitude of farmers towards climate-resilient technologies of the NICRA project in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. We studied the determinants influencing attitude towards climate-resilient technologies by using the primary data. The ex-post facto research design was used and a sample size of 60 respondents was selected using a simple random sampling technique. Out of 14 variables, education, social participation, landholding, innovativeness, mass media exposure, extension contacts and trainings attended had a positive and significant association with farmer’s attitude towards climate-resilient technologies.
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