A perceived impact of climate change on profile characteristics of paddy farmers

The study was conducted in Chandrapur and Bhandara districts of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra state. Chandrapur and Bhandara districts are considered as progressive agricultural belt in Vidarbha region. For the present study random sampling method was used. From each tehsil four villages were selected. Thus, from Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district four villages were selected and from Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district four villages were selected. In this study 8 villages were covered. For the present study from each selected village 45 paddy farmers were selected randomly; i.e. total 180 respondents were selected from each district. Thus total 360 respondents were selected for the study. The research design ex post facto were used. The result revealed that majority of the paddy farmers i.e. 58.61 per cent were in ‘middle age group’ (36 to 55 years); nearly paddy farmers i.e. 37.23 per cent had completed their higher secondary education, majority of paddy farmers i.e., 68.61 per cent had medium-sized families, 73.05 per cent of the paddy farmers had a medium annual income, 68.89 per cent had a medium level of farming experience, 56.38 per cent of the paddy farmers had a medium level of extension contact, 82.23 per cent had medium area under paddy cultivation, 76.67 per cent, used the transplanting method of paddy sowing, majority of paddy farmers i.e. 51.67 per cent were in the moderately vulnerable group, majority of the paddy farmers i.e. 77.77 per cent know about Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. The collected data were processed through primary and secondary tables and statistically analysed. The Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient method was computed to find out the relationship between the selected independent and dependent variables.