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Effects of Perceived Extent of Climate Variations and Socioeconomic Characteristics on Food Crops Farmers’ Income in Southwest Nigeria
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The Nigeria agricultural sub-sector is often susceptible to climatic changes and vulnerability, thus leading to immense stresses on the plants, livestock and soil fertility. Therefore, this study aimed to establish farmers’ local knowledge of climate change and determine the effects of perceived climate change incidence on food crop farmers’ income. The study was conducted in the four divisions of Ogun State, Nigeria using a multi-stage sampling technique to select 480 crop farmers. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, dominance analysis, and linear regression. Results indicated that the mean score of incidence of variation experienced by farmers, household headship, sex of farmer, level of formal education, household size, farm size, and distance of the market from the farm were the factors that significantly affected the annual farm income generated by farmers. Furthermore, low usage of adaptation strategies was evident in the study area. The study recommended policies targeted at cassava and maize farmers to boost food crop production in the state. In addition, the formulation of policies centered on increasing the income-generating ability of the farmers to enhance their usage of coping strategies to ameliorate the adverse effects of climate change.
