Adaptation strategies followed by the livestock rearers of Coastal Odisha and West Bengal to cope up with climate change

SANJIT MAITI; SUJEET KUMAR JHA; SANCHITA GARAI; ARINDAM NAG; R CHAKRAVARTY; K S KADIAN; B S CHANDEL; K K DATTA; R C UPADHYAY

doi:10.56093/ijans.v84.i6.41633

Authors

SANJIT MAITI National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
SUJEET KUMAR JHA National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
SANCHITA GARAI National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
ARINDAM NAG National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
R CHAKRAVARTY National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
K S KADIAN National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
B S CHANDEL National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
K K DATTA National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
R C UPADHYAY National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v84.i6.41633

Keywords:

Adaptation, Climate change, Livestock-rearers, Coastal areas

Abstract

Adaptation to climate change and variability has recently become a subject of increasing importance in climate change research with an objective to reduce the vulnerability of climate sensitive people. The present study was designed to identify and assess the adaptation strategies followed by the climate sensitive livestock rearers of coastal Odisha and West Bengal. Livestock rearers (480) were selected from 4 coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal. The study revealed that 17 adaptation strategies were followed by the livestock rearer. To trace the relative importance among the adaptation strategies, an exclusively climate change adaptation index was developed. It was observed that change in micro-climate in cattle shed/grazing area/stall was the most preferred adaptation strategy followed by providing the frequent clean and fresh drinking water and additional washing/sprinkling of cattle and buffaloes. Livestocks are very much susceptible to heat stress. Therefore, most of the livestock rearers followed heat alleviating adaptation strategies.

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