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Socioeconomic Impacts of Climatic Change on Paddy Cultivation: An Empirical Investigation in Malaysia

The changing natures of climate factors have different impacts on agriculture based on the areas, periods and crops. In case of Malaysia, climatic changes have adverse impacts on agriculture. Due to climate change here agricultural productivity and profitability is declining. The farmers are the most vulnerable group who are affected both directly and indirectly through the changes of climate. Here income of the farmers is decreasing and government subsidy is increasing due to low productivity of agriculture. As a combined effect, the income inequality among the farmers is increasing. Moreover, climatic changes cause to increase sickness and health hazards of farmers. As a result, farmers’ involvement with agriculture is decreasing. To determine the impacts of climate change on farmers, this study relies on a survey conducted on farmers in the area of Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA), West Selangor, Malaysia. While analyzing the impacts of climate change on farmers, this paper also provides policy recommendations and action plans to cope properly with climate change.