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The performance of food crop production is currently, greatly threatened by climate change. Food crop is particularly sensitive to climate change because crop yields depend largely on prevailing climate conditions especially in Nigeria where traditional and rain-fed agriculture predominate. However, the extent to which these impacts are felt depend...
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... (70%) of the farmers fell within 20-60 years age bracket. Their average age was 53 years (Table 1). This result suggests that food crop production is tending towards the declining productivity class of greater than 50 years. ...
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... 17% of the farmers never attended school, that is, they had no formal education while about 83% of them had formal education. Out of the 83% that had formal education, about 32% of them only attended primary school, 30% attended secondary school while about 20% attended higher institution at various levels ( Table 1). The average year of schooling of the respondents was 8.38 years. ...
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... The choice of the suitable adaptation measure depends on factor endowments (i.e. family size, land area and capital resources) at the disposal of farming households (Otitoju and Enete, 2014). If adaptation of various kinds is used as effective ways of responding to climate change, measures are needed to increase adaptive capacity (Khanal et al., 2017). ...
... Smallholder farmers in Nigeria have varying adaptive capacities to the impact of climate change consequently influencing the status of food security among farming communities differently. Most regions in Nigeria have been seriously impacted by climate change and climate variability including South west region, whereby there have been increased frequency of drought and floods, changes in the timing of rainfall, rain comes late than expected followed by terrible drought and hunger (Enete et al., 2014). Smallholder farmers in the South west region have Agricultural and Resource Economics www.are-journal.com ...
... Smallholder farmers in the South west region have Agricultural and Resource Economics www.are-journal.com various adaptive capacities towards the challenges resulting from climate change (Enete et al., 2014). Also they have vast perceptions and capacities on adaptation strategies with various limitations which need to be addressed (El-ladan, 2014). ...
Purpose. The purpose of the article-to assess the technical efficiency of climate adaptation practices on cassava production in two different agro-ecological zones within the study area to know where the climate adaptation practices are more productive. To achieve the main objective of the study, the specific objectives were stated as follows: (a) describe relevant socioeconomic characteristics of cassava farmers in southwestern region of Nigeria; (b) assess the influence of the used climate change adaptation strategies on technical efficiency of cassava production in both agro-ecological zones. Methodology / approach. The study was carried out in Ekiti, Osun and Oyo State in the southwestern region of Nigeria, where two different agro-ecological zones (AEZ) (rain forest and guinea savannah) were chosen for the study. The study used multi-stage sampling procedures, with well-structured questionnaire, to select 150 cassava producers from each AEZ, making a total of 300 cassava producers for the study. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function. Results. From the study, it was revealed that cassava farmers in the study area were relatively young, fairly educated, mostly married, well experienced, adequately aware of climate change, but operated on a small scale. The result on the influence of climate adaptation strategies on technical efficiency of cassava production in both rain forest and savannah AEZs within the study area revealed that technical inefficiency existed in cassava production as confirmed by the gamma values of 0.687 and 0.639 in rain forest and savannah respectively Originality / scientific novelty. The study has really revealed diverse climate adaptation options available to cassava farmers in order to sustain its production as a means of employment to the unemployed, food consumption and contribution to the national gross domestic product. Studies comparing climate adaptation practices on the technical efficiency of cassava production in different agro-ecological zones in southwestern part of Nigeria are relatively scarce considering the mixture of socioeconomic and climate variables to assess technical efficiency of cassava production. Practical value / implications. The study has succeeded in identifying key factors that will enables policy makers to formulate a sustained policy framework that would encourage the use of multiple climate adaptation practices by the cassava farmers. To ensure sustainability of cassava production, it is therefore recommended that farmers should use different adaptation strategies to climate change e.g crop diversification, multiple planting dates, land fragmentation, use of improved varieties and off farm income activities that would bring increase in their scale of operation as most of the cassava farmers in the study areas cultivated less than 2 hectares of land for cassava production.
and Keywords Evidences from literature and past studies have revealed that climate change has influenced agricultural productivity leading to declining global food production. The study was to examine the effect of climate change adaptation strategies on cassava production in Southwest, Nigeria where two different agro-ecological zones (AEZ) (rain forest and savannah) were chosen for the study. The study used multi-stage sampling procedures, with the aid of well-structured questionnaire, to select 150 cassava producers from each AEZ, making a total of 300 cassava producers for the study. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and cost-benefit analysis. Results from the costs and returns analysis revealed that crop diversification generated the highest gross margins of ₦472,924 ($1,296) per hectare and ₦377,000 ($1,033) per hectare in rain forest and savannah AEZs respectively among the cassava farmers that practiced only one adaptation strategy. Also, cassava farmers who practiced combination of adaptation strategies in both AEZs revealed that those who used at least five adaptation strategies had the highest gross margins of ₦507,478.5 ($1,390) and ₦332,060 ($910) in rain forest and savannah AEZs respectively. The study therefore recommended that farmers, via extension agents, should be encouraged to practice multiple adaptation strategies because the resulting crop enterprise yield 2 high profit per hectare; and that government should create opportunities for non-farm income sources as this helps them to engage in those activities that are less sensitive to climate change.
The incidence of flooding has increased tremendously in the Northern parts of Ghana, with little knowledge known as to how affected people respond. The research focused on the factors that influence household choice of strategies in response to floods in the Builsa-North district. A multivariate probit model was employed to examine the drivers of household choice of strategies in response to flood. The descriptive analysis indicates that a total of eight (8) response strategies are used, with early planting being the most dominant, while migration was the least used. The results revealed that age, extension services, NADMO services etc are significant determinants of response strategies to floods. NADMO is a government agency responsible for the management of disasters and other emergencies in Ghana. It further on recorded complementary and substitutable response strategies. Using response strategies, farmers face challenges such as low access to extension services etc. It is recommended that avenues must be created to deepen access to extension services available to farmers in other to provide adequate and quality information that will help resolve conflicts in farmers' use of strategies. NADMO services must be targeted at the elderly persons since they view flood phenomenon as acts of their deity.
