Rain-fed Farmers’ Strategy of adapting to climate change

Abstract

Climate change has led to changes in various sectors, one of those is the agricultural sector. The agricultural sector is a sector that is very vulnerable towards climate change because it affects on planting patterns, planting time, harvest quality and quantity output impact. Climate change’s phenomenon causes adaptive strategy from farmers in order to maintain the results of their own.This research aimed to find out the strategy taken by the dry land farmers to adapt to climate change. The subjects of research were rain-fed farmers in Gondangrejo Sub District, Karanganyar Research. The research design used was descriptive qualitative one with purposive sampling and snowball sampling techniques. Data collection was conducted using observation, in-depth interview, focus groups discussion, and documentation. The result of research shows that the adapting strategy taken by the farmers in dealing with climate change includes: changing planting pattern, changing plant variety used, changing fertilizer pesticide, and herbicide doses, developing irrigation technology, and changing post-harvest activities.