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	Farmers' perception on climate extremes and their coping mechanism: evidences from disaster prone regions of India
	Kanwal, V; Sirohi, S.; Chand, P.
通讯作者	Sirohi, S (corresponding author), Embassy India EU Belgium & Luxembourg, Brussels, Belgium. ; Chand, P (corresponding author), ICAR Natl Inst Agr Econ & Policy Res, New Delhi 110012, India.
来源期刊	INDIAN JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
ISSN	0972-5938
EISSN	0975-1068
出版年	2021
卷号	20 期号:2 页码:512-519
英文摘要	The state of Rajasthan is highly vulnerable to climatic extremes. The perception of local communities regarding climate change and their indigenous coping management strategies is important for decision-making and policy formation. In this paper, the perceptions of farmers and their coping strategies were studied using primary data collected from 180 farmers of Bikaner and Kota districts. The data were collected through personal interviews as well as focused group discussions. The findings indicated that the risk of droughts, rainfall anomalies and wind-storms increased over the decade. The people at drought-prone regions were more food insecure in comparison to flood-affected regions. However, their traditional wisdom and indigenous species like Khimp (Leptadenia pyrotechnica), Kair (Capparis decidua), Phog (Calligonum polygonoides), Khejri (Prosopis cineraria), etc. helped them in coping with climate extremes. Adjustments in the dates of sowing, deep summer ploughing in morning hours, dry sowing, increased seed rate, mixed cropping and farming; especially crop-livestock integration were common coping management strategies. Farmers perceived that with modernization of agriculture, biodiversity of the region is declining. The study suggests that local communities need to be incentivized for conserving these species. These indigenous products have high market value. Therefore, the value chains of these products need to be strengthened by providing processing equipment such as solar drier at subsidized rates.
英文关键词	Agro-biodiversity conservation Arid ecosystem Natural disasters Sustainability Traditional practices
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000659141200022
WOS关键词	INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ; ADAPTATION ; RAJASTHAN ; DROUGHT ; MANAGEMENT ; SERVICES ; DISTRICT ; AREAS
WOS类目	Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367941
作者单位	[Kanwal, V] Punjab Agr Univ, Ludhiana, Punjab, India; [Sirohi, S.] Embassy India EU Belgium & Luxembourg, Brussels, Belgium; [Chand, P.] ICAR Natl Inst Agr Econ & Policy Res, New Delhi 110012, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kanwal, V,Sirohi, S.,Chand, P.. Farmers' perception on climate extremes and their coping mechanism: evidences from disaster prone regions of India[J],2021,20(2):512-519.
APA	Kanwal, V,Sirohi, S.,&Chand, P..(2021).Farmers' perception on climate extremes and their coping mechanism: evidences from disaster prone regions of India.INDIAN JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE,20(2),512-519.
MLA	Kanwal, V,et al."Farmers' perception on climate extremes and their coping mechanism: evidences from disaster prone regions of India".INDIAN JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE 20.2(2021):512-519.