Chapter 9 Adaptation Strategy of Households and Its Determinants This chapter examines different adaptation strategies chosen by the households in order to reduce climate change vulnerability and to identify the factors responsible to adaptation across different agro-climatic regions of West Bengal. 9.1 Identifying Adaptation Strategy We present the possible adaptation strategies undertaken by the households across five different agro-climatic regions of West Bengal and they are discussed in the following way. First, livestock rearing is one of the adaptation strategies prevailing in the five regions. Livestock rearing includes buffalo, cow, goat, pig, hen and duck. Livestock rearing supports additional income of the households during an adverse climate situation. It can minimize the risk of climate change. Second, the formation of self-help groups (SHGs) is one of the adaptation strate- gies of the households. Self help groups (SHGs) are voluntary associations of down- trodden people. It comprises with 10–15 women to form a group to solve their common socio-economic problems through mutual help. It offers loan to the house- holds to build up their assets, increase their wealth and enable for starting small businesses and fight against risks and poverty. Through self help groups women are empowered in terms of enhancing income and decision making in their families. Third, migration is another adaptation strategy of the households. Migration occurs due to various reasons. The hill region of Darjeeling district is famous for the tourism sector. The economy of this district is mainly based on tourists. In the non- tourist season the people of Darjeeling migrate to the nearest surrounding areas where there is an opportunity for getting jobs. In the extreme landslide situation people also migrate to other places. In the drought prone regions of Purulia district people migrate to the nearest agriculturally developed districts like Hooghly, Burdwan and Howrah © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 J. P. Basu, Climate Change Vulnerability and Communities in Agro-climatic Regions of West Bengal, India, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50468-7_9 143