Climate is the average weather condition for a particular location over a long period of time, ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. From over decades, centuries or longer there has been occurring a drastic change in climate which is being referred to as climate change. Since climate is one of the most important determinants in agricultural production so its change is affecting the feed and fodder requirements of the growing population. In India majority of the agricultural operations are being conducted by women and they are thus considered to be the main actors in crop production and its sustainability. Therefore, with this view point present study was conducted on 100 farm women of Himachal Pradesh to understand the level of awareness of women on climate change and its adverse effects and their ways of coping with it along with making them aware about various climate resilient agricultural strategies. The results indicate that majority of the respondents were fully aware about only the indicators visible to them about climate change. Regarding level of awareness related to causes of climate change it was found that more than half of the respondents were somewhat aware

Climate Change, Sustainable Development goals, Rural Women, Climate Action, Zero Hunger and Integrated Farming System

The present study reveals that the farm women were fully aware about only those indicators which are directly visible or felt to them. Regarding awareness about the causes of climate change the analyzed data showed that farm women had partial awareness about the causes of climate change like deforestation, use of pesticides, overpopulation and pollution and hence there was a need to create awareness and motivate them to mitigate these causes like not to cut forest, tree plantation, limit the use of pesticide, reduce/ avoid burning of fossils and farm waste in order to avoid further aggregation of climate change. Women reported that climate change has affected time irrigation, increased infestation of pests and thereby affecting agricultural production. Looking to climate change there is a dire need to put emphasis on extension interventions among people so that they become aware about it and make transition in their agriculture under expert guidance to sustain agriculture

Bindia Dutt and Neena Vyas (2025). A Study on the Awareness of Hill Women Farmers to Climate Change and its Impact on Agriculture. Biological Forum, 17(5): 144-148