CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION NEEDS OF RURAL FARMERS IN ENUGU STATE
Keywords:
Adaptation strategy, climate change, information needs, rural farmers, MitigationAbstract
The study assessed the information needs of rural farmers on climate change issues in Enugu State, Nigeria. Using the multistage sampling procedure, 152 respondents were selected and data were collected through the use of a structured interview schedule. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis and multiple linear regression model were used for the analysis. Results of the study show that all (100.0%) the respondents were aware of climate change, but lacked adequate knowledge of key climate change issues. The multiple linear regression model revealed a significant influence of years of formal education (t= 2.020; p=0.045), membership of social organizations (t=2.385; p=0.019) number of climate change training (t= -2.438; p=0.016), farm size (t=2.564; p=0.011), and access to credit (t=2.833; p=0.005) on the respondents’ level of knowledge on climate change. The information needs on climate change as perceived by farmers were: use of improved varieties (M=1.80), occupational diversification (M=1.78), and change in timing of farm operations (M=1.76), among others. The study therefore recommends that farmers should be taught climate change adaptation and mitigation measures using languages they can understand and in a participatory manner so as to enable them cope with the challenges of climate change.ÂReferences
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under different socio-economic environments in Kenya. Agricultural Economics, 30, 215-228.
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among farmers in the ecological zones of southwestern Nigeria: a Tobit analysis.
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options. CEEPA Discussion Paper No21.CEEPA, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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Saharan Africa: A “bottom-up†perspective and the emergence of the mobile phone.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge.
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Change and Variability: The Case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa. IFPRI
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the Third Assessment Report of IPCC. Cambridge University Press. London
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Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in the Sahelian Zone of Nigeria. Journal of Environment and Earth Science. Vol 2, No.6,
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Nhemachena, C. (2007). Micro-level analysis of farmers’ adaptation to climate change in
Southern Africa. IFPRI Discussion Paper, 00714.
Oladimeji, I.O., Jun-Ichi, S. and Kazunobu, T. (2006), Research–extension–farmer linkage
system in Southwestern Nigeria. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment Vol.4 (1): 197-200.
Ozor, N.; Madukwe, M.C.; Onokala P.C.; Enete, A.; Garforth, C.J.; Eboh, E.C.; Ujah, O. and
Amachina, E. (2010). A Framework for Agricultural Adaptation to Climate in Southern Nigeria. A Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) 326 Project Executive Summary supported by DFID and the British Council, Enugu: African Institute of Applied Economics.
Ozor, N, Madukwe, M.C., Enete, A.A., Amaechina, E.C., Onokala, P., Eboh, E.C., Ujah O., and Garforth C.J. (2012) A Framework for Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Southern Nigeria. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp-243-252.
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Sarkar, S. and Padaria, R. N. (2010).Farmers’ Awareness and Risk Perception about Climate
Change in Coastal Ecosystem of West Bengal. Indian Journal of Extension Education. 10 (2)
Selvaraju, R., Subbiah, A.R., Baas, S., Juergens, I. (2006). Livelihood adaptation to climate
variability and change in drought-prone areas of Bangladesh. Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO).
Solomon, S., Qin, D., Manning, M., Chen, Z., Marquis, M., Averyt, K.B., Tignor, M. and Miller, H.L. (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Spurgeon J., Wasilewski C., Ikpi, A. and Foster S. (2009). Impact of Climate Change on
Nigeria’s Economy. Delivering sustainable solutions in a more competitive world. Environmental Resources Management 0082608/DFID/Nigeria Climate Change
Tologbonse, E.B; Auta,S.J; Bidoli, T.D ; Jaliya M.M; Onu, R.O and Issa F.O (2010), Farmers’
Perception of the Effects of Climate Change and Coping Strategies in Three Agro-Ecological Zones of Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension Vol. 14 (1), 125.
Vanclay, F. (2004) Social principles for agricultural extension to assist in the promotion of
natural resource management. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 44, 3, 213–222. Retrieved on 6 March 2009 from www.publish.csiro.au.dgbw.lis.curtin.edu.au
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Okoro, J. C., Agwu, A. E., & Anugwa, I. Q. (2016). CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION NEEDS OF RURAL FARMERS IN ENUGU STATE. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 20(2). Retrieved from https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/886
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