Integrated Farming Systems as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change: Case Studies from Diverse Agro-Climatic Zones of India

Venkatesh Paramesh, Parveen Kumar (), Mohammad Shamim, Natesan Ravisankar (), Vadivel Arunachalam, Arun Jyoti Nath, Trivesh Mayekar, Raghuveer Singh, Ashisa K. Prusty, Racharla Solomon Rajkumar, Azad Singh Panwar, Viswanatha K. Reddy, Malay Pramanik, Anup Das, Kallakeri Kannappa Manohara, Subhash Babu and Poonam Kashyap
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Venkatesh Paramesh: ICAR—Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, Goa, India
Parveen Kumar: ICAR—Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, Goa, India
Mohammad Shamim: ICAR—Indian Institute of Farming System Research, Modipuram, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
Natesan Ravisankar: ICAR—Indian Institute of Farming System Research, Modipuram, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
Vadivel Arunachalam: ICAR—Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, Goa, India
Arun Jyoti Nath: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar 788011, Assam, India
Trivesh Mayekar: ICAR—Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, Goa, India
Raghuveer Singh: ICAR—Indian Institute of Farming System Research, Modipuram, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ashisa K. Prusty: ICAR—Indian Institute of Farming System Research, Modipuram, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
Racharla Solomon Rajkumar: ICAR—Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, Goa, India
Azad Singh Panwar: ICAR—Indian Institute of Farming System Research, Modipuram, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
Viswanatha K. Reddy: ICAR—Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry 533105, Andhra Pradesh, India
Malay Pramanik: Urban Innovation and Sustainability, Department of Development and Sustainability, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
Anup Das: ICAR Research Complex, Tripura Centre, Lembucherra, Debendrachandranagar, Agartala 799210, Tripura, India
Kallakeri Kannappa Manohara: ICAR—Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa 403402, Goa, India
Subhash Babu: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Poonam Kashyap: ICAR—Indian Institute of Farming System Research, Modipuram, Meerut 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-22

Abstract: Climate change impacts agricultural productivity and farmers’ income, integrated farming systems (IFS) provide a mechanism to cope with such impacts. The nature and extent of climatic aberrations, perceived impact, and adaptation strategies by the farmers reduce the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture. Therefore, a study was conducted to investigate 2160 IFS farmers about their perceptions of climate change, barriers, and the likelihood of adapting to the negative impacts of climate change. The study observed an increasing rainfall trend for humid (4.18 mm/year) and semi-arid (0.35 mm/year) regions, while a decreasing trend was observed in sub-humid (−2.02 mm/year) and arid (−0.20 mm/year) regions over the last 38 years. The annual rise in temperature trends observed in different ACZs varied between 0.011–0.014 °C. Nearly 79% of IFS farmers perceived an increase in temperature, decreasing rainfall, variability in the onset of monsoon, heavy terminal rains, mid-season dry spells, and frequent floods due to climate change. The arid, semi-arid, sub-humid, and humid farmers’ adapted several measures in different components with an adaption index of 50.2%, 66.6%, 83.3%, and 91.6%, respectively. The majority of the IFS farmers perceived constraints in adopting measures to climate change, such as meta barriers, capacity barriers, and water barriers. Therefore, we infer that educated farmers involved in diversified and profitable farms with small to medium landholdings are concerned more about climate change in undertaking adaptive strategies to reduce the environmental impact of climate change.

Keywords: climate change; climate adaption; rainfall anomaly; Mann-Kendal test; integrated farming system; agro-climatic zone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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