Agricultural sector can not be separated from climate variability. Climate variability in Indonesia is affected by the variations of sea surface temperature. Rice productivity in climate variability period tends to decrease in El Niño and La Niña years but the decreasing productivity in El Niño is more significant than La Niña.

Agricultural sector can not be separated from climate variability. Climate variability in Indonesia is affected by the variations of sea surface temperature. Lampung is one of the region with major rice-producing in Indonesia, urgently need a study of the impact caused by climate variability on rice productivity to know the pattern of the corresponding adaptation in agricultural sector. This study was conducted by analyzing the variations of sea surface temperature to the season variability and analysis of season variability to rice productivit in Lampung. The results showed that the onset of season and its period was affected by climate variability(El Niño and La Niña). The season variability influence the productivity of rice in Lampung. Rice productivity in climate variability period tends to decrease in El Niño and La Niña years but the decreasing productivity in El Niño is more significant than La Niña.