Climate change Pakistan

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Climate Variability: A Case of Cotton Growers in the Punjab, Pakistan

In addition, adaptations of mitigation strategies such as conservation agriculture, cover cropping, migration to less weather prone area and usage of weather resistant varieties were almost negligible. Conservation agriculture could be the most viable strategy s farmers have to utilize their existing resources in judicious ways. It is suggested on the basis of findings that role of extension field staff should be diversified. Farmers need capacity building regarding conservation agriculture. Moreover, it is dire need to popularize climate variability/change and its adaptation through effective media campaign.

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