Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Production in Himachal Pradesh: A Case Study of Hamirpur District of Himachal Pradesh

Background: The present study was undertaken to understand the perceptions of farmers about climate change and its impacts on livestock production and also various adaptation strategies taken by them to deal with climate change in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. Methods: For the selection of the respondents, the multistage random sampling technique was employed in which the selection of three blocks from Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. Result: As far as selected blocks were concerned, Nadaun faced the highest decline in milk production (-17.02%), whereas, meat production had a decline of 27.31 per cent in Bijhari. Majority of farmers had adopted strategies like use of improved breeds of livestock (23.15%), their vaccination (20.83%) and increasing their nutrition (19.17%) for improving milk production. New flexible techniques for improving the health of livestock like periodic vaccinations, finding cure to lethal diseases and ultimately their production should also be made available by state government.