Climate Change Perspective and Adaptation Among Local Farmers in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Abstract

Perspectives of farmers on climate change and the strategy they employed in handling its impacts in five local governments of Sokoto state was studied. The study employed a Rapid Rural Appraisal technique to interview the farmers on key parameters such as awareness, mitigation and adaptation strategies and the sources of information on climate change. The study interviewed 300 farmers in each of the five local governments and concluded that while the respondents are aware of the climate change and its effects, the techniques employed for the mitigation of its effects are crude with adaptation strategies likely to be more effective.

Keywords: Climate change; perception; adaptation; mitigation; strategy.