Tunde, Afolabi Monisola2023-05-172023-05-1720121118-2083https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/10374Climate change can be regarded as any alteration in the climatic parameters over a period Q/ time. Men and women adapt to climate change in different ways. This study examines the adaptation to climate change-induced reduction in crop yield among rural women in Edu LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria. Both primary and secondary sources were used to elicit information in the study area. Three hundred (300) copies of questionnaire were randomly administered on the women farmers in Lafiagi and Shonga. The study employs descriptive statistical method such as means and percentages to analyze the data collected The results reveal 65% had experienced reduction in crop yield while 35%, had expereinced total loss as a result ofclimate change over the years. Furthermore, 51.70 0 adapted planting different types of crops to cushion the effects of climate change. Other strategies adapted inchide planting Qfcover crops (15%), changingfrom planting crops to livestock keeping (4%), soil conservation (8.3 0 0), changing the types "crops planted (12.7%), move to another site (5%), pray to God (3.3%). It concludes by emphasizing on adaptation to climate change to help people especially women secure their lives and livelihoods and develop new method of agriculture. The study however, recommends that rural women farmers' methods Q/'adaptation to climate change can be adopted in similar communities. Rural women with local ideas should be allowed to be part of climate change negotiations processes in order to learn from their indigenous knowledge on how to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change.enWomen Farmers, Impacts, Vulnerability, Rural Areas and NigeriaArticle