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An Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impact on Income and Adoption of Climate Smart Technologies in Dry Land Farms of Sivagangai District of Tamil Nadu, India

Author: G.R. Rajinikanth*, J.S. Amarnath, B. Sivasankari and V. Arun

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Abstract

The study was taken up in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu, India with a sample size of 210 farmers. The district is facing extremes of climate change with increased temperature and deceased rainfall and hence the present study was taken up to examine the issue of impact of climate change on net income of farmers with Ricardian model which is a novel study of the district. Adaptation strategies to climate change was analyzed with Tobit model and the policy advocacy henceforth suggested would go long way in achieving the environmental sustainability of the region. 70 farmers were selected each for the low dry land, medium dry land and high dry land areas of the district. For low dry land, the principal crop identified was paddy, for medium dry land, the principal crop identified was groundnut and for high dry land, the principal crop identified was black gram. The results indicated that paddy was the most profitable among the dryland farms of Sivagangai District followed by Black gram

Keywords

Low dry land, medium dry land, high dry land, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, rainfall, Ricardian model and Tobit model.

Conclusion

Future researches on vulnerability and resilience to climate change, sustainability of dry land farms and livelihood security of dry land farmers could be conducted for the development of dry land farming in Tamil Nadu, India. Optimal farm plans could also be further developed with Minimisation of Total Absolute Deviation (MOTAD) model for the dry land farmers in Tamil Nadu, India to enhance their income with risk.

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G.R. Rajinikanth, J.S. Amarnath, B. Sivasankari and V. Arun (2022). An Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impact on Income and Adoption of Climate Smart Technologies in Dry Land Farms of Sivagangai District of Tamil Nadu, India. Biological Forum – An I