Impact of climate resilient practices in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand

The present study was conducted to identify the technological and socio-economic impact of the climate resilient technologies demonstrated at National Innovation for Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) village at Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Total 100 beneficiary farmers were selected through random sampling. To assess the impact, the ex-postfacto research design, where before and after comparisons on different aspects of NICRA project were done. The difference was tested using t-test and found that it was statistically significant. Findings reveal that the average cultivable land area of NICRA farmers after the project interventions was significantly higher than that of before the implementation of the interventions all through in kharif, rabi and summer seasons. Findings of cropping intensity, employment days, annual savings, expenditure pattern and crop yield were significantly higher in comparison to before implementation of the intervention. Findings of the study exhibited an encouraging impact of the demonstrated technologies in various spheres of farmers life of NICRA village.