1. Farmers need to be trained in various aspects of coping with climate variability.
2. Awareness has to be developed at the level of line department officials working
closely with the farmers.
3. Modern Information and communication tools should be utilized appropriately,
for timely and proper dissemination of climate-related information.
4. Research organizations should work in close participation with farmers so that
technologies can be developed for coping the climate challenges.
5. Policies need to be framed, keeping emphasis on challenges posed by the
changing climate.
9 Conclusions
Policy makers face a multiple issues like poverty, illiteracy, infant mortality,
malnutrition, environmental pollution, provision of basic amenities, etc. so that
broader issues such as climate vagaries and natural disasters get sidelined. It can be
concluded that poor population find it challenging to cop up with impacts of climate
vagaries. The study results may help in policy decisions in formulating effective
strategies for coping up climate variability, especially in livestock sector, which
contributes to more than 60 % of livelihoods of rural population in India.
Acknowledgement The authors are highly grateful to ICAR-NIANP for providing the necessary
support for carrying out the study. The financial support provided by ICSSR, New Delhi is greatly
acknowledged.
References
Guilford, J. P. (1954). Psychometric Methods. McGraw-Hill: New York.
IPCC. (2007). Climate change 2007: The physical science basis-summary for policy makers.
Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC
Secretariat, Switzerland.
Jodha, N. S. (1992). Common property resources and dynamics of rural poverty in India’s dry
regions. India: New Delhi.
Pasha, S. A. (2001). Economic and ecological dimensions of livestock economy. India: New Delhi.
Upadhyay, R. C., Singh, S. V., & Ashutosh. (2008). Impact of climate change on livestock. In
Proceedings of 36th Dairy Industry Conference, Varanasi, India.
An Assessment of Vulnerability of Livestock Farming to Climate Variability
437
2. Awareness has to be developed at the level of line department officials working
closely with the farmers.
3. Modern Information and communication tools should be utilized appropriately,
for timely and proper dissemination of climate-related information.
4. Research organizations should work in close participation with farmers so that
technologies can be developed for coping the climate challenges.
5. Policies need to be framed, keeping emphasis on challenges posed by the
changing climate.
9 Conclusions
Policy makers face a multiple issues like poverty, illiteracy, infant mortality,
malnutrition, environmental pollution, provision of basic amenities, etc. so that
broader issues such as climate vagaries and natural disasters get sidelined. It can be
concluded that poor population find it challenging to cop up with impacts of climate
vagaries. The study results may help in policy decisions in formulating effective
strategies for coping up climate variability, especially in livestock sector, which
contributes to more than 60 % of livelihoods of rural population in India.
Acknowledgement The authors are highly grateful to ICAR-NIANP for providing the necessary
support for carrying out the study. The financial support provided by ICSSR, New Delhi is greatly
acknowledged.
References
Guilford, J. P. (1954). Psychometric Methods. McGraw-Hill: New York.
IPCC. (2007). Climate change 2007: The physical science basis-summary for policy makers.
Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC
Secretariat, Switzerland.
Jodha, N. S. (1992). Common property resources and dynamics of rural poverty in India’s dry
regions. India: New Delhi.
Pasha, S. A. (2001). Economic and ecological dimensions of livestock economy. India: New Delhi.
Upadhyay, R. C., Singh, S. V., & Ashutosh. (2008). Impact of climate change on livestock. In
Proceedings of 36th Dairy Industry Conference, Varanasi, India.
An Assessment of Vulnerability of Livestock Farming to Climate Variability
437