What Effects Does Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Practices have on Farmers’ Livelihood Development Under Selected Areas of Lakshmipur District?

Abstract

ABSTRACT Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an effective approach of transforming and reorienting agricultural development under in the context of climate change. The present study was conducted to compare the effects of CSA practices on livelihood development by the farmers’ under intervention among two groups (study & control group). The objectives of the study were to describe the selected socio - economic profile of the farmers’; to ascertain the effects of CSA practices on livelihood development, and to explore the relationship between the farmers socio-economic profile and their effects of CSA practices on livelihood development. Keeping in view the objectives, 75 respondents who involved with CSA project intervention were selected purposively as study respondents. Similar number of respondents (75) was also selected under control group by considering 1:1 method. Data were collected from the selected farmers during the period from August 15 to 30, 2020. Descriptive statistics, multiple regressions were employed for analysis. Effective farm size (0.004), annual family income (0.007), and agricultural training experience (0.003) were the most contributing factors significant at a 1% level to change in rural farmers livelihood development. Annual family income from CSA (0.010), agricultural extension media contact (0.047), knowledge on CSA practices (0.015) was the second contributing factors which was significant at 5% level to change their livelihood development status. Above all, a livelihood improvement was observed among the respondents after engaging themselves in CSA project intervention. To ascertain the effects of CSA practices on livelihood development, the policy makers could invest on improving capacity of farmers organizations (Climate Field Schools) and give some idea that their CSA practices might be very helpful to contribute on farmers livelihood development. Key words: Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), Livelihood