International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Kanade SV, Kamble VB, Samrit VB and Gaikwad SR

abstract
The present study was conducted mainly with the objective to study “Adaptation strategies taken up by the farmers to deal with Climate Smart Agriculture”. For the study, Latur district were selected from Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Three talukas viz., Latur, Renapur and Ausa were selected randomly and four villages from each Talukas were selected randomly. From each village ten members were selected randomly constituting the sample size120. Ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. From the study, Adaptation strategies taken by the farmers to deal with climate Smart Agriculture, it has been found that, Majority of the respondents were aware about various adaptation strategies regarding climate smart agriculture such as disease resistant varieties, disease tolerance varieties, change in cropping pattern and calendar of planting, mixed cropping, irrigation scheduling, use of compost, use of animal manure, drought tolerance varieties, crop rotation, about mulching (crop straw, plastic, residue), etc. Meanwhile, majority of respondents also adopted various practices of climate smart agriculture such as disease resistant varieties, disease tolerance varieties, change in cropping pattern and calendar of planting, mixed cropping, use of compost, use of animal manure, drought tolerant varieties, crop rotation, legumes, scheduled fertilizer application, spacing between rows/plants, judicious use of insecticides and pesticides, irrigation scheduling, water efficient crops, choice of irrigation, and micro irrigation.