Assessment of climate adaptation strategies among sorghum farmers in Kwara, Nigeria
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2017
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Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki
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Sorghum is a major cereal crop among farmers and has a lot of food security importance in Kwara State. There has been paucity of empirical information in the area of adaptation strategies to climate change in relation to sorghum production in Kwara State, and to sustain the yields of sorghum in Nigeria, there is a need for assessing climate change adaptation strategies among sorghum farmers in the State. This study was therefore designed to: 1) identify adaptation strategies to climate change used in sorghum production; 2) identify the constraints to climate change adaptation strategies; 3) estimate the costs implication of adaptation strategies to sorghum yield in the study area; 4) examine the determinants of sorghum farmer’s choice to the usage of climate change adaptation strategies and 5) determine the determinants of investment on adaptation strategies. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from 145 sorghum farmers that were randomly selected from the 5 LGAs in Zone C of the KWADP. A three-stage random sampling technique was used to select the sampled sorghum farming households used for the study. Major tools of analysis for the study included descriptive statistics, 5 points likert-type scale, correlation analysis and multinomial logistic regression and ordinary least square regression for the respective objectives. Findings from the study showed that the costs of using more adaptation strategies have a positive relationship with the sorghum yield. The multinomial logistic regression indicated that household size significantly affects the use of adaptation strategies among sorghum farmers in the study area. The reference category is high level of usage of adaptation strategies. It was discovered with the aid of ordinary least square regression that the number of strategies used, farming as source of income, farm income and farm size have positive relationship with the costs incurred by farmers. The implication of the findings of the study is that all adaptation strategies to climate change, in sorghum production are necessary while the farmers use more of the strategies common to them and less of others. The larger the household size and farm size, the better the yield, because these ensure a high number of usage of adaptation strategies. The study recommended that farmers should be trained and supported on using more adaptation strategies. Policies that will increase development and farmers’ assess to improved sorghum varieties should be encouraged.
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Sorghum, Adaptation, Climate Change, Nigeria
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Muhammad-Lawal, A., Amolegbe, K.B. & Yunusa, S.O. (2017): Assessment of climate adaptation strategies among sorghum farmers in Kwara, Nigeria. Bulletin of Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University. 40: 27-49. Published by Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki. Available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/bita/40/0/_contents/-char/en