IMPACT OF CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON TRANSITION COST OF IRRIGATION WELLS IN LEAST AND HIGHLY VULNERABLE DISTRICTS OF KARNATAKA

C. SHIVAKUMARA¹*, P.S. SRIKANTHA MURTHY^2
1Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : shivugarje@gmail.com

Received : 02-02-2020     Accepted : 26-02-2020     Published : 28-02-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 4       Pages : 9584 - 9586
Int J Agr Sci 12.4 (2020):9584-9586

Keywords : Nominal and real investment, Vulnerability, Correlation
Academic Editor : Swapnil Pandey
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : Both authors equally contributed

The study was conducted in least vulnerable districts (LVD) and highly vulnerable districts (HVD) of Karnataka based on composite vulnerability index. The results reveal that in case of LVD, the real investment increased from Rs 73233 in 1991 to Rs 309990 in 2016 with a growth rate of around 7 percent per annum. While real investment on borewell in HVD was Rs 128267 in 1987 and augmented to Rs 559594 in 2017 at the rate of 7.5 percent per annum. In LVD, real investment showed negative correlation with relative humidity (-0.03). On the contrary, real investment on borewell has positive association with wind speed (0.52), maximum temperature (0.25), minimum temperature (0.38) and average temperature (0.38). Further there is no association between real investment and the amount of rainfall received in LVD. In case of HVD, real investment showed negative correlation with precipitation (-0.12) and relative humidity (-0.10), in contrast to that, real investment on borewells has positive relationship with wind speed (0.27), maximum temperature (0.19), minimum temperature (0.26) and average temperature (0.25).

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