3 Objectives of the Study
Agriculture as a livelihood is affected by climate change severely. Adaptation of
different strategies and management practices of land, water, labour, vegetation and
farm animals are important for sustainable development. At the juncture of leaving
agriculture as a livelihood by the present generation, sustainability of agriculture
has become a question. Therefore, the present research addresses on the study of the
management practices of land, water, labour, vegetation and farm animals of the
respondents of the sample villages and prescribe adaptation strategies.
4 Data and Methods
Sampling Techniques: A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted for
the collection of primary data. In the first stage a random sample of three district
comprising of one tribal, one irrigated and one non-irrigated districts were selected
out of ten districts of Western Odisha by the method of random sampling. Then one
block from the corresponding district and one village from the corresponding block
were selected by the method of simple random sampling. These three villages were
selected to represent irrigated, non-irrigated and tribal villages from the corresponding blocks. In the next stage, the sample households were selected on stratified random basis to represent different land classes such as marginal, small,
medium and large farmers’ category. The distribution of sample households across
the districts, blocks and the three villages are presented in Table 1.
To achieve the very objective of the research, the following hypotheses were
developed and tested for drawing valid statistical inferences.
H 0 : There exists no significant difference between the sample proportion and
population proportions with regards to various attributes.
H 1 : There exists significant difference between the sample proportion and population proportions with regards to various attributes.
Table 1 Sample village profile
Name of the
districts
Name of the block Name of the
village
Total no. of house
holds
Total no. of house
hold surveyed
Sundargarh
Badagaon
Bhoi Pali
466
100
Sambalpur
Govindpur (Bamra) Bamphei
432
100
Bargarh
Attabira
Sindurbahal
387
100
Total
1285
300
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Agriculture as a livelihood is affected by climate change severely. Adaptation of
different strategies and management practices of land, water, labour, vegetation and
farm animals are important for sustainable development. At the juncture of leaving
agriculture as a livelihood by the present generation, sustainability of agriculture
has become a question. Therefore, the present research addresses on the study of the
management practices of land, water, labour, vegetation and farm animals of the
respondents of the sample villages and prescribe adaptation strategies.
4 Data and Methods
Sampling Techniques: A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted for
the collection of primary data. In the first stage a random sample of three district
comprising of one tribal, one irrigated and one non-irrigated districts were selected
out of ten districts of Western Odisha by the method of random sampling. Then one
block from the corresponding district and one village from the corresponding block
were selected by the method of simple random sampling. These three villages were
selected to represent irrigated, non-irrigated and tribal villages from the corresponding blocks. In the next stage, the sample households were selected on stratified random basis to represent different land classes such as marginal, small,
medium and large farmers’ category. The distribution of sample households across
the districts, blocks and the three villages are presented in Table 1.
To achieve the very objective of the research, the following hypotheses were
developed and tested for drawing valid statistical inferences.
H 0 : There exists no significant difference between the sample proportion and
population proportions with regards to various attributes.
H 1 : There exists significant difference between the sample proportion and population proportions with regards to various attributes.
Table 1 Sample village profile
Name of the
districts
Name of the block Name of the
village
Total no. of house
holds
Total no. of house
hold surveyed
Sundargarh
Badagaon
Bhoi Pali
466
100
Sambalpur
Govindpur (Bamra) Bamphei
432
100
Bargarh
Attabira
Sindurbahal
387
100
Total
1285
300
Climate Change and Natural Capital …
273