This study is aimed at analyzing farmers’ perception to climate change in Madhya Pradesh's Satpura range agro climatic zone. The present study was conducted at Chhindwara district of agro-climatic zone Satpura range of M.P. The study was conducted by considering 17 independent variables consisting 5 socio-economical, 4 communicational and 8 psychological characteristics along with dependent variables e.i. Perception towards climate change on agriculture. Data were collected qualitatively as well as quantitatively. The statistical tools used in the study were: Frequency, Percentage, and Correlation. The study shows that about 92.50 per cent (222 respondents) perceive an increased in the temperature and about 55.00 per cent (132 respondents) of them perceive a decrease in the temperature. Most of the farmers felt that there was an abrupt change in the temperature over the years. The relationship between the general characteristics of the respondents with their perception of climate change states that the variables like educational level and occupation had strong and positive correlation with their perception regarding climate change, whereas, in the case of farming experience, it was found non-significant with perception of farmers towards climate change.

Keyword: Climate change; Variables; Farmers’ perception; Correlation.