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Research Paper | Meteorology Science | Indonesia | Volume 5 Issue 4, April 2016

The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production Center at Area of the City near the Beach in Indonesia

Joko Wiratmo ^[2] | Yuyun Yuwariyah | Ruminta ^[5] | Yayat Rochayat Suradinata ^[2]

Abstract: Impacts of climate change in the region of the northern coast of West Java in particular Karawang investigated using climate data, agricultural systems data, and socio-economic communities data. Given the comprehensiveness of climate data are hard to obtained data then the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) are used for this research. The data system of agriculture and social economy community Karawang data obtained from BPS (Central Bureau of Statistics). The results show that the eleven subdistricts in the region have a level of vulnerability, hazard and risk. Among the 11 subdistrict, subdistrict of Tempuran hazard level is high, very high levels of vulnerability and risk levels of the farm system. Sub-district level hazard of Pedes is high while the Banyusari had a very high level of vulnerability. Therefore then the forward should be attempted so that the impacts of climate change on farming systems in the coastal town of Karawang district must be slowed to avoid a severe impact on the production of rice.

Keywords: climate change, vulnerability, risk, farming system

Edition: Volume 5 Issue 4, April 2016,

Pages: 2136 - 2140