Crop Farmers Adaptive Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change Effects in Zango Kataf Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria (original) (raw)

The study was conducted in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State to determine crop farmers’ adaptive strategies towards mitigating climate change effect. Proportional sampling technique was used to select a total of 50 crop farmers from four districts of the Local Government Area (LGA) as the respondents. The survey research design was adopted for the study. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The mean statistics was used for data analysis. The responses were rated based on a four-point Likert scale of SA=strongly agreed (4 points, A=agreed (3 points), D=disagreed (2 points) and SD=strongly disagreed (1 point). Results of the study show that climatic changes have affected crop production and will continue to have impact on livelihood assets, human health, food production and distribution channels as well as changing purchasing power and market flows. It was recommended that climate change adaptation and mitigation measures need to be integrated into...