PERCEPTION OF FARMERS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHEVELLA BLOCK, RANGAREDDY DISTRICT, TELANGANA

Climate change is the burning issue of the world. Agriculture is most vulnerable to climate change. Perception of farmers is opinion of the farmers how they understand and interpret climate change. Though the Farmers' were aware about climate change, their perception totally varies from others. And farmers play major role in agriculture and it is necessary to know their perceptions. Hence, the present study was conducted in 2019- 2020 to find out the perception of farmers on climate change in Chevella block of Rangareddy district, Telangana. Total 120 respondents from 6 villages were selected randomly. The perception results revealed that farmers' had medium level of perception and majority of farmers perceived climate change as the result of disobedience to God among all the other factors.