Determinants to Climate Change Adaptation among the Livestock-Rearers of Eastern Coastal Region of India

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 the determinants of differential adoption of adaptation strategies by the livestock rearers of eastern coastal region of India. Total 480 livestock rearers were selected randomly from the four coastal districts of the Odisha and West Bengal. ORDINAL LOGIT model was used to assess the determinants of differential level of adoption of adaptation strategies among the livestock rearers of eastern coastal region. It was found that ‘extension contact’ and ‘farmer to farmer extension’ showed significant positive effect whereas ‘numbers of extreme climatic events experienced’ and ‘proportion income from livestock’ showed significant negative effect on adoption of adaptation strategies among the livestock rearers of eastern coastal region.