Paper short abstract:

Rampant anthropogenic activities contributing to climate change are deteriorating sustainable conditions on Earth rendering the society’s future livelihood resources perilous. The ‘subalterns’ of climate change are trapped in the quicksand of climate change effect.

Paper long abstract:

Rampant anthropogenic activities contributing to climate change are deteriorating sustainable conditions on Earth rendering the society’s future perilous and posing a threat to availability of resources for livelihood, including the basic requirements of food, water, shelter, causing imbalances in the ecosystem which eventually leads to an imbalance in the social system. The ‘subalterns’ of climate change are trapped in the cycle of poverty with increasing conflict over depleting natural resources, thus paving the way for an upheaval in the society, eventually disrupting the social order. Climate Resilient Agriculture is an initiative adopted by nations globally to mitigate the consequent threat of climate change to food production and food security. The hitherto existing relation between societal and climatological phenomena defines the relation between the formulation and effective adoption of Climate Resilient Agriculture. Scientific researches are deeply rooted in natural sciences, and to address this concern attempted efforts have been made to integrate sociological research, and perspectives into the research of adaptation and mitigation of climate change. Based on in-depth personal interviews with plant breeding and farming communities in Assam, this paper attempts to examine various social, economic, climatic and technological factors which hinder the implementation of the development programmes and policies while formulating an integrative framework, as well as, providing an inclusive arena of intellectual space which acknowledges and accommodates alternative viewpoints that produce innovative and effective strategies for coping with the reeling effects of climate change in the rural areas for an equitable agricultural sustainability and growth.