Planned Adaptation Strategies and Climate Variability: Evidence from NSSO Households Level Data

By using 70th round National Sample Survey Organisation unit level data, the study examines the role of planned adaptation strategies in the agriculture to deal with climate variability. The yield gap was calculated in technically advanced and backward farms across the agro climatic zones in India. The calculated yield gap results show that there is a higher potential to increase farm productivity up to 195 quintals per hectare in irrigated farmers in the Eastern Plateau and Hills Region. The study also found that only 12.32 & 14.63 percent landless and marginal farmers have taken the technical advice to increase farm productivity in the Western Dry zone and Islands zone. Therefore, the study recommended that these zones need special policy intervention to moderate degree of adverse impact of climate variability.