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Climate Resilient Farming and Food Security of Farmers: A Study of Different Flood Hazard Zones of Assam

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  • Hussain, Md. Aktar
  • Guha, Pradyut

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The present study has made an attempt to explore if the area expansion under climate-resilient farming assists food security of the farmers using primary data collected from farm households in five different flood hazard zones of Assam. Though increase in total cultivated area, crop diversity index, access to irrigation and extension services, degree of flood hazardousness was associated with greater proportion of land devoted for climate-resilient farming, but the share of climate resilient crop area in total land under cultivation was meagre across the farm households in the study area. Hence, besides improving the spread of irrigation policies should focus on disseminating the knowledge of climate resilient agricultural practice and its benefits among the farmers of different landholding size by training them through enhanced extension services.

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  • Hussain, Md. Aktar & Guha, Pradyut, 2023. "Climate Resilient Farming and Food Security of Farmers: A Study of Different Flood Hazard Zones of Assam," Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, vol. 0(Number 3), September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:inijae:345231
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.345231
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