EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ADAPTATION STRATEGIES USED IN MITIGATING FLOOD RELATED LOSSES BY RICE FARMERS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorAjibade, E.T.
dc.contributor.authorBabatunde, R.O.
dc.contributor.author*Ajibade, T.B.
dc.contributor.authorAkinsola, G.O.
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-24T13:27:20Z
dc.date.available2021-11-24T13:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to gain an insight into the adaptation strategies employed by smallholder rice farmers to mitigate flood losses as well as examine determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation strategy in Kwara State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected using semistructured questionnaire administered to 240 smallholder rice farmers who were selected in a three-stage sampling procedure. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression model. The study revealed majority (79.5%) of the rice farmers adopted the planting of early-maturing rice seedling variety so as to ensure early harvest before the peak of rainfall when floods are usually experienced. The least adopted strategy is the change of crop and upland cropping with only 2% of the rice farmers engaging in this. Educational status, past flood-related losses and savings positively influenced the adoption of early maturing rice varieties’ relative to change of crop and upland cropping whereas household size and access to climate information had a negative influence on adoption of change in planting date relative to change of crop and upland cropping (P < 0.05). The study recommends an urgent need to address rice farmers’ continuing dependence on flood plain farming in the study area through enlightening them on the locally adapted coping strategies such as upland cropping and planting of other crops.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/6949
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorinen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectFloodingen_US
dc.subjectMultinomial logistic regressionen_US
dc.subjectUpland croppingen_US
dc.titleEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ADAPTATION STRATEGIES USED IN MITIGATING FLOOD RELATED LOSSES BY RICE FARMERS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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