Open AccessA Framework for Assessment of Micro Level Vulnerability to Climate Variability of Farmers: A Case Study in Kerala, India
Author(s) -
Sumara Ajmal,
T. Paul Lazarus,
Aswathy Vijayan,
Biju Joseph,
R. V. Manju
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of agricultural extension, economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-7027
DOI - 10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i930658
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , micro level , macro level , vulnerability assessment , adaptive capacity , index (typography) , vulnerability index , climate change , macro , geography , environmental resource management , statistics , environmental science , computer science , mathematics , economics , psychology , engineering , psychological resilience , ecology , computer security , civil engineering , economic system , economic impact analysis , world wide web , biology , programming language , psychotherapist
The vulnerability of farmers to climate variability is an important topic of discussion. It varies depending upon diverse factors that disturbing it, likewise, the extent of vulnerability varies according to different levels, i.e.; from a whole country level to an individual level or in other words from macro to micro level. This study attempts to build a framework for the assessment of the microlevel vulnerability of farmers. A vulnerability index was made from normalized values of three major component indices (sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity), which is made up of a selected number of sub components. The study was conducted by selecting respondents from two districts of Kerala, and it was found that this method can be used as an empirical method to interpret the vulnerability to climate variability, keeping the fact that it is only a constrained measure of risk.