RESPONSE STRATEGIES OF LOCAL FARMERS IN INDIA

A.R. Subbiah1 and drought frequencies of three, four, and five years High rainfall variability and drought are common occur over 11.6 per cent, 36.5 per cent, and 30.9 per phenomena in semiarid and arid regions of India. The cent, respectively, of India (Jodha etal. 1988). Indian farmers of various agroclimatic regions evolved The most significant attribute of rainfall variation