Climate change impacts on agriculture and barriers to adaptation technologies among rural farmers in Southwestern Nigeria
- Author(s)
- Ayansina Ayanlade, Isaac Ayo Oluwatimilehin, Oluwatoyin Seun Ayanlade
- Abstract
This chapter examines climate change impacts and local adaptation options among rural farmers in southwestern Nigeria. Satellite climate datasets for rainfall and temperature from the 1980s to 2020 and a dataset including responses to a survey and focus group discussions were used. A case study of the impacts of climate change on cassava yields using correlation and multiple regressions is presented. The results show a relative increase in temperature, while rainfall showed large seasonal variations. Rainfall trends appear to be relatively upwards from the 1980s – early 1990s but below the normal trend from the period from 1997 to 2020. The results from the survey show that nearly 80% of the rural farmers perceived general changes in temperature and rainfall in recent years, while nearly 97% of them adopted changes in the planting date of some crops, as an adaptation option. The results further show a very strong relationship between cassava yields and rainfall in the growing seasons. The study concludes that there is a need for governments at all levels to encourage rain-fed agriculture and more agricultural research to improve crop yields as climate changes.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Geography and Regional Research
- External organisation(s)
- Obafemi Awolowo University
- Publication date
- 02-2024
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 507002 Population geography
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 13 - Climate Action
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/climate-change-impacts-on-agriculture-and-barriers-to-adaptation-technologies-among-rural-farmers-in-southwestern-nigeria(88d9dfaa-8d39-4fce-97f4-2ef3252605e2).html