Sanchita Garai

Changes in essential meteorological factors such as temperature, rainfall, cloud cover, and wind speed impact a farmer's decision in crop management such as land preparation, seed sowing, fertilizer application, plant protection measures, harvesting, storage, and transportation as well as in livestock management in operation such as feed management, shelter management, vaccination schedule, reproductive management, and water management. Therefore, this book describes farmers' perception towards agromet advisory services, to assess the impact of agromet advisory services on farmers' decision-making for different farm operations and to obtain the feedback associated with accessibility and usability of agromet advisory services. The study revealed that there was significant treatment effect on the farm operations such as land preparation, seed sowing, scheduling of irrigation, fertilizer application, and spray scheduling of pesticides and herbicides in banana, vegetable, and coconut cultivation followed by the experimental group farmers.

The book described and appraised farmer-led adaptation strategies to climate change in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. Farmers of eastern Uttar Pradesh perceived the changing climatic scenario and its impact on crop farming as well as livestock rearing. Total 9 and 15 farmers-led adaptation strategies were documented for crop-farming and livestock-rearing, respectively. In all overall, 'crop diversification' and 'use of shed for cattle and buffaloes' were the most preferred adaptation strategies in crop farming and livestock rearing, respectively. Farmer-led adaptation strategies in crop farming and livestock rearing were appraised in terms of their effectiveness to cope up with the changing climatic scenario. In crop-farming, 'preparation of bunds to control water flow' was most effective adaptation strategy. In livestock-rearing, the most effective adaptation strategies were 'proper sanitation practices for animals', 'regular vaccination' and 'use of jute cloth to cover animals'.