Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2021, Vol. 9, No. 2, 271-279 Available online at http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/9/2/19 Published by Science and Education Publishing DOI:10.12691/aees-9-2-19 An Assessment of Cultivators' Perception about Climate Change and It's-induced Adaptation Practices in Agriculture of Cooch Behar Sadar Sub-division, West Bengal, India Satyajit Das * , Dr. Surjapada Paul Department of Geography and Applied Geography, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, India *Corresponding author: Received January 05, 2021; Revised February 06, 2021; Accepted February 20, 2021 Abstract The Perception of climate change and its induced adaptation practices is very important in agricultural activity. This study was conducted at Cooch Behar Sadar sub-division in West Bengal, India, from May to December 2019. The objective was to find out the cultivators' perceptions about climate change and its adaptation practices and also analysis the preferences about Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA) practices in the study area. Both primary and secondary data were collected using qualitative and quantitative methods. Mean score (MS), conjoint analysis, and Knowledge-adaptation index (KAI) were used to analysis the above mention objectives related to this study. The result shows that the adaptation practices such as high, moderate crop yield and climate resilience agricultural (CRA) practices had a positive utility, implying that these were the most preferred combination of CRA when responding to climate change. Contrary to this, high greenhouse gas emissions, low climate resilience, and low crop yield had a negative utility, implying that these were the least preferred combination. The majority of the respondent cultivators with marginal landholding were almost perceived by the phenomena of climate change. The study established that CRA practices were visible and effective response measures, to address the barriers of climatic variability and changes. So, it should be supported by the adoption of innovative technologies, policies, and strategies. Keywords: cultivators' perception, climate change and variability, adaptation practices, KAI, conjoint analysis Cite This Article: Satyajit Das, and Dr. Surjapada Paul, “An Assessment of Cultivators' Perception about Climate Change and It's-induced Adaptation Practices in Agriculture of Cooch Behar Sadar Sub-division, West Bengal, India.” Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2 (2021): 271-279. doi: 10.12691/aees-9-2-19. 1. Introduction The ecosystem function and services are widely affected by global climate change which is mainly due to anthropogenic causes [1]. The vulnerability of agriculture will also increase locally by this climate change and variability because, the carrying capacity of the biosphere to produce enough food and goods will determine by various climatic parameters [2,3]. The cultivators do more experience about this climatic variability and change as they depend for their livelihood on the natural environment [2]. The people who live in the Cooch Behar district are socially and economically disadvantaged and mainly depend on subsistence farming for their livelihood [2]. The adaptation policy regarding agricultural practices is a widely recognized vital component to cope with climate change [4]. Thus the cultivators' perceptions need to be assessed at the micro-level, for acknowledging local concern. So, the region-specific policies are formulated and implemented easily with public support. To assured food security under changing climatic conditions, CRA is a holistic approach [5]. The concept of Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA), Climate Smart Agricultural Practices (CSAPs), and Smart Agricultural practices (SAPs) were developed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 2010 to improve the agricultural production system in response to climatic variability and change [6]. This CRA also mitigates climate change with a contribution to other development agenda [7]. Such as the long-term agricultural development objective, short-term priorities, reorientation of the agricultural system, etc. Though CRA was developed in 2010 by FAO, its effectiveness in India as well in the study area has not yet been fully assessed. Thus, a better understanding of the cultivators' perception of climate change, ongoing adaptation practices, and the factors influencing the decision to adopt new mitigation measures is needed to developed new policies and programs for a successful livelihood by