Abstract:
Transformational adaptation defines as 'changes the fundamental attributes of a system in
response to climate and its effects.' Farmers deal with the natural environment and its components such as
rainfall, temperature, humidity, and soil condition, which have a high range of variability and uncertainty for
their cultivation. The present study focused on the impacts of climate change on the settler community who
engage in agriculture as their mainstay and respond to the scenario. Quantitative and qualitative methods
have been applied. Twenty samples from a village in the NCP have been selected. Primary outcomes of this
study are (a) total awareness of perceptions on climate change; (b) the ambient temperature has been
increasing and resulting in more heat stress; (c) frequent and severe occurrence of extreme rainfall anomalies
and increasing trend of natural calamities. The area farmers have been adopting several strategies to
overcome the negative impacts of climate change, such as transforming from intensification to more
intensification that can be identified as Climate Smart Agriculture; crop diversification and adaptation of
drought tolerance crops; transforming from agriculture to animal husbandry, and out-migration of
unemployed or evicted youth from agriculture to non-agriculture. Institutional involvement is essential to
strengthening the adaptative strategies of the people by providing an appropriate crop calendar and suitable
crop combination and aware of the way of improving the use of the efficiency of available water for
improving the living standard of the people.
