An Analysis of Rice Growing Farmers’ Adaptive Capacity under the Risk of Climate Change

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Chanthana Udom
Harin Sachdev
Phairoj Butchiwan
Penmas Nanan
Nongnooch Paiboonrattananon

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This paper aims to study the Rice Growing Framers’ adaptive capacity under the risk of climate change. With a total number of 180 household’s rice farmers, who are living in Tanmamon Sub-district, Chainat Province, was selected as a unit of study.  The study concepts grounded on the analysis of the relationship between the Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI-IPCC) and the Livelihood Effect Index (LEI) with important livelihoods assets and their adaptive capacity under the risk of climate change.
As a results of the research, the under the potential high explore climate risk factor which impact local agricultural sectorial security and sustainable lifestyle, with high level of climate sensitivity risk factor, the community social capital (e.g. values and local cultural ideology) together with local knowledge and skills capital would be up-scaling their adaptive capacity in which reducing the vulnerable factor of the area and their agricultural activities as a whole.

 

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