Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change and farmers’ adaptation responses in Kwara and Nassarawa States, Nigeria
- Autor(en)
- Ayansina Ayanlade, Isaac Ayo Oluwatimilehin, Oluwatoyin Seun Ayanlade , Olajumoke Adeyeye, Sa’adatu Abatemi-Usman
- Abstrakt
This study examines gender vulnerabilities and responsive strategies to climate change, comparing evidences from Kwara and Nassarawa States in Nigeria. Changes in climate parameters, gender-based perceptions of climate, as well as gender-based response and adaptation practices were assessed in accordance with specific research objectives. A total of 200 participants were surveyed through a mixed method approach using 41 years of climate data. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered equally in the two States and 52 in-depth interviews were conducted within male and female farmers that were 40 years and above age using a purposive sampling method. Results from Nassarawa State showed a downward trend in rainfall and an upward trend in both minimum and maximum temperatures. The farmers perceived climate change differently, with observed changes in climate variables: temperature and precipitation, resulting in extreme floods, drought, and rainfall onset and leading to varying adaptation practices. The study concluded that gender plays a significant role in the adoption of adaptation practices in the agricultural sector and that males often have more access to resources and decision-making power in farming as the heads of households. There is a need for better gender-sensitive approaches to adaptation planning and implementation to ensure that both men and women have equal opportunities to benefit from adaptation options in agriculture.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Kentucky, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency
- Journal
- Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
- Band
- 10
- ISSN
- 2662-9992
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02380-9
- Publikationsdatum
- 12-2023
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 507002 Bevölkerungsgeographie
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Allgemeine Kunst und Geisteswissenschaften, Allgemeine Sozialwissenschaften, Allgemeine Psychologie, Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all), Allgemeine Unternehmensführung und Buchhaltung
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 13 – Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/ef5fb333-1561-4290-807c-0e3c80122798