Resilience Building Mechanism to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change by Yam Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria

dc.contributor.authorBolarin, Olufemi
dc.contributor.authorAdebayo, Sijuwade A
dc.contributor.authorKomolafe, Sola E
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-30T07:56:58Z
dc.date.available2023-06-30T07:56:58Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.description.abstractResilience building mechanism to mitigate effects of climate change by yam farmers in Benue State, Nigeria was investigated in this study. One hundred and eighty (180) yam farmers were sampled for the study. Primary data was gathered with the use of interview schedule. Descriptive statistics and regression were used to analyze data collected. The result shows that the mean age of the farmers was 45.3 years and 83.3% were males. The result also shows that weather forecast (Mean=1.42) and change in farming type (crop- livestock Mean=1.36) were not commonly used by farmers meanwhile the farmers preferred planting of early maturing yam seed (Mean=3.58), use of mulching (Mean=3.46), crop rotation (Mean=3.27), organic fertilizer (Mean=3.07) and cover crops (Mean=3.05). The result of regression analysis showed that coefficient value of farm size (p=0.017) and membership of cooperatives (p=0.013) positively enhanced resilience building used to mitigate the effects of climate change. The study further averred that inadequate finance, traditional belief, and inadequate access to new technologies were serious constraints encountered by yam farmers. The study recommends that government in collaboration with development agencies should intensify effort in creating awareness to farmers on the several ways of building resilience to mitigate the menace of negative influence of climate changeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/11378
dc.publisherSarhad Journal of Agricultureen_US
dc.subjectClimate Change, Yam farmers, Early maturing seed, Crop diversification, Inadequate financeen_US
dc.titleResilience Building Mechanism to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change by Yam Farmers in Benue State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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