RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS BETWEEN FARMERS' PROFILE AND THEIR CLIMATE CHANGE PERCEPTION

Abstract

In the majority of emerging nations, agriculture serves as the economic foundation. Agriculture also offers a huge population job options in addition to food and raw materials. Global climate change and agriculture are intricately related processes. The most important concern impacting the existence of the human race in the 21st century has been deemed to be climate change. It has the ability to affect agriculture both directly and indirectly. India's ecological and social systems are already under a great deal of stress as a result of the country's fast industrialization, urbanisation, and economic growth. A study was conducted in Junagadh, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Amreli and Porbandar districts of Gujarat state to assess the perception of farmers about climate change and to ascertain the association between the characteristics of farmers and their level of perception. A sample of 280 respondents was selected for present study.Majority (62.86 per cent) of farmers had medium level of perception about climate change, while 20.36 per cent and 16.78 per cent of farmers fall under the category of high level and low level of perception about climate change, respectively.There was positive and highly significant relationship between education, farming experience, access to weather forecast, extension participation, farm mass media, risk orientation, innovativeness, economic motivation, scientific orientation and decision making ability and their level of perception about climate change.Whereas, regression analysis of perception of farmers about climate change revealed that education, farming experience, access to weather forecast, innovativeness, scientific orientation and decision making ability were contributing significantly to perception about climate change.