Assessment of local perceptions on climate change and coping strategies in Chotanagpur Plateau of Eastern India
2012
Choudhary, Jaipal S. | Shukla, Gopal | Prabhakar, C.S. | Maurya, Sudarshan | Das, Bikash | Kumar, Shivendra
In the era of climate change, the Chotanagpur plateau is facing extreme climate change related events and its possible impact on ecosystem, livelihood, agriculture, livestock and biodiversity. The scientific community of region yet to start examining the views of farming communities on climate change and its possible impact in Chotanagpur plateau. Keeping this view's the present study as attempted to understand the present perception's of farmers about the climate change and also try to assess the indigenous knowledge to handle the impact of climate change. The perception of 355 respondents were examined through focus group discussion and recorded the opinion on climate change and its impact on ecosystem, agriculture, livelihood, livestock, biodiversity and well beings of human. Results of the study showed that farming communities of the Chotanagpur plateau have meager knowledge about the climate related change and its possible impact. It was also recorded that the farming communities of Chotanagpur plateau have indigenous knowledge to handle possible impact of climate change.
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