ADAPTATION OF RICE FARMERS IN CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS, CASE STUDY OF BAN SOM HONG, HIN KONG SUBDISTRICT, SUVARNABHUMI DISTRICT, ROI ET PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study 1) the situation of climate
change, 2) impacts of climate change on rice farmers, and 3) adaptation to
climate change in Ban Som Hong area, Hin Kong Subdistrict, Suwannaphum
District, Roi Et Province. Interviews, observations and focus group discussions
were used for data collection from 30 rice farmers, using purposive sampling.
The qualitative data was analyzed.
The results of the study were as follows: 1) The climate change is
impacting agricultural suitability for Ban Som Hong, creating both challenges
and opportunities. Most of the rice growers preferred to plant Hom Mali 105
and glutinous rice RD6. Farmers had the ability to adapt to the risks of the
climate crisis. In the face of climate risks in agriculture, farmers had demonstrated different adaptations in the pre-risk period, including using
drought-tolerant. 2) The impacts of climate change on rice farmers found that
agricultural water scarcity negatively impacts the production system, causing
rice in paddy fields to fail to grow and resulting in yields that do not meet
farmers' expectations. 3) The adaptation to the drought situation in the Ban
Som Hong area, Hin Kong Subdistrict, Suwannaphum District, Roi Et Province
found that farmers started to build construction sources to keep water for the
drought situation and also used teachology to save time and labour.