@article{MAKHILLAJ20138120563,
    title = {Effects of Climate Change on Rice Farming in Ardo Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria},
    journal = {Agricultural Journal},
    volume = {8},
    number = {1},
    pages = {17-21},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1816-9155},
    doi = {aj.2013.17.21},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-9155&doi=aj.2013.17.21},
    author = {I. Emodi and},
    keywords = {Climate change,climate change adaptation strategies,rice,production,Taraba State},
    abstract = {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.}
    }