Climate Change Vulnerability in Agriculture on Rural Farmers

The impact of climate change in agriculture depends on the level of vulnerability. This study shows the level of vulnerability in agriculture on rural farmers due to climate change and its variability in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. The approach estimates the vulnerabilities index in terms of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. The data are based on a survey of 200 farm households through a personal interview, complemented with secondary data on temperature, relative humidity and rainfall. Results of the study showed that relative exposure of the study area was 0.62; whereas the average sensitivity value was 0.33 and the aggregated adaptive capacity was 0.28. As a result, the study area showed a considerable subsistence level of vulnerability. Results show that Tufanganj block was the most exposed region to climate change vulnerability in respect of flood than Cooch Behar block.