Agricultural Journal
ISSN: Online 1994-4616ISSN: Print 1816-9155
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 (
= 3.95) and drying up of streams (
= 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 (
= 3.15), treating rice seeds against pests/diseases before planting (
= 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.
How to cite this article:
I. Emodi Angela and H. Bonjoru Fidelis. Effects of Climate Change on Rice Farming in Ardo Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/aj.2013.17.21
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-9155/aj.2013.17.21