Impact of Climate Change on Dryland Agriculture

The present study carried out with the overall objective of analysing impact of climate change on dry land farming in the Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, India. The study brought out the strength of association and quantitative relationship between weather parameters on the area, production and yield of different dry land crops over time, there by highlighting which climate variable is closely associated with the area allocation, productivity and total production of different crops in the district. Moreover, the study enumerated adoption and mitigation strategies followed by dry land farmers and recommended policies option to overcome the impact of climate change in long run to sustain crop productivity and thereby to improve livelihood of farmers.