CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SMALL AND LARGE SCALE PADDY FARMERS IN PALAKKAD DISTRICT, KERALA
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Authors
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SUMATHY M
Department Of Economics, Government College Chittur(University of Calicut), Palakkad - 678104, Kerala.
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SMITHA P
Department Of Economics, Government College Chittur(University of Calicut), Palakkad - 678104, Kerala.
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MANJU VARGHESE
Department Of Economics, Government College Chittur(University of Calicut), Palakkad - 678104, Kerala.
Keywords:
Adaptation, Exposure, Sensitivity, VulnerabilityAbstract
Palakkad has a total paddy area of 76503.68 hectare, of which the wet paddy area is
76361.21 hectare and total dry paddy area of 142.47 hectare. Weather, pest, disease, drought,
and flood are the common natural or external risks. The external sources of risk cannot be
controlled by farmers, which generally come from the natural environment. In this context, the
study looks into the production risks pertaining from the external sources among the small and
large scale farmers in the Palakkad district, Kerala. A vulnerability index is developed consisting
of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive factors to understand the climate induced production risks
among the selected sample farmers during 2005 to 2022.The data reveals that the exposure
index is low (<= 11.96) for only minority of small farmers and most of themfell in high and very
high category (more than 13.46). In the sensitivity category, majority of small and large farmers
wereincluded in the high sensitivity index category group (11.45to 13.66).But the severities of
these factors effecting them are different. Exposure factors had medium impact on large number
of sample farmers, while, sensitivity factors create high impact on large number of farmers.
Likewise, adaptive factors had high impact on small and large scale farmers. Even though
adaptation practices are implemented in the district,more efforts were needed to implement them
in a timely and systematic way.
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