Comparative study on knowledge of Agro-met Advisory Service (AAS) towards climate change.

摘要

The present study was conducted in Chickballapur district of Karnataka state where four villages were selected to assess the knowledge level of AAS (n=90) and non-AAS (n=90) farmers with the total sample size of 180 respondents selected using purposive random sampling method. Data were collected using structure interview schedule. The results indicate that half of AAS (51.1%) and 28.9% of non-AAS farmers had high level of knowledge on climate change. About 40.0% of AAS and 36.7% of non-AAS farmers had medium knowledge and 8.9% of AAS farmers and 34.4% of non-AAS farmers had low level of knowledge. There exists a significant difference between knowledge level of AAS and non-AAS farmers towards climate change. Regarding the knowledge on the parameters viz. rainfall, temperature, and other aspects established significant difference between AAS and non-AAS farmers. It is also evident from the findings that the overall mean knowledge also established significant variation between AAS (19.28) and non-AAS farmers (17.88).