TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Climate Change on Rice Farming in Ardo Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria
AU - Angela, I. Emodi AU - Fidelis, H. Bonjoru 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SP  - 17
EP  - 21
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2013.17.21
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2013.17.21
KW  - Climate change
KW  -climate change adaptation strategies
KW  -rice
KW  -production
KW  -Taraba State
AB  - The study examined effects of climate change on rice farmers 
  in Taraba State. Purposive and multi-stage random sampling techniques were used 
  in selecting 350 respondents. Data were collected using structured interview 
  schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Result showed that 80.0% 
  of the respondents were male, 34.0% were in the age range of 34-40 years, 48.0% 
  married and 48% single while 4.0% had no formal education. About 80.0% of the 
  farmers had >20 years of farming experience; while, the average household 
  size was 9 persons with 64.0% within the range of 6-10 persons per household. 
  The findings further showed that mobile phones (96.0%) was the major source 
  of information on climate change. However, stunted growth of rice plant (<img src="http://docsdrive.com/images/medwelljournals/aj/2013/img1-2k13-17-21.gif" width="10" height="13" align="absmiddle"> 
  = 3.95) and drying up of streams (<img src="http://docsdrive.com/images/medwelljournals/aj/2013/img1-2k13-17-21.gif" width="10" height="13" align="absmiddle"> 
  = 3.85) were perceived as major effects of climate change in rice production. 
  Changing from upland rice farming to livestock keeping (88.30%), use of climate 
  change resistant rice varieties (85.47%), development and adoption of climate 
  resilient rice varieties and changing from rice farming to marketing and processing 
  of paddy (83.51%) were the major adaptation measures to climate change in rice 
  production among farmers. Adaptation strategies perceived by farmers included 
  need for extension services/training on recent climate change (<img src="http://docsdrive.com/images/medwelljournals/aj/2013/img1-2k13-17-21.gif" width="10" height="13" align="absmiddle"> 
  = 3.15), treating rice seeds against pests/diseases before planting (<img src="http://docsdrive.com/images/medwelljournals/aj/2013/img1-2k13-17-21.gif" width="10" height="13" align="absmiddle"> 
  = 3.08). The study recommends the need for government to provide farmers with 
  rice technologies which are adaptive to climate change in the study area.
ER  -