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An Assessment Of The Perception Of Local Farmers On Climate Change
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The aim of this study is to assess the perception of local farmers on climate change
The specific objectives are to:
1. Examine farmers’ level of knowledge about climate change and possible actions taken.
2. Analyse farmers’ sources of information about climate change.
3. Analyse farmers’ perception about the effects of climate change in the study area.
4. Examine the coping strategies adopted by farmers.
5. Examine government actions in alleviating the effects of climate change
1.5 Hypothesis
1. Farmer’s knowledge of climate change varies significantly in the study area.
2. There is a significant variation in farmer’s sources of information on climate change.
3. Farmers perception of climate change varies significantly in the study area.
4. There is a significant variation in climate change coping strategies adopted by farmers
1.6 Study Area
Ido
is a Local Government Area in oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are
in the town of Ido, it is situated along Ibadan-Eruwa road. It is
located between Latitude 6' 45' and 9' 45' North of the Equator and
Longitude 2' 30' and 9' 45' East of Greenwich Meridian. The Local
Government was created during the second republic on May 29, 1989 and it
shares boundary with Oluyole Local Government, Ibarapa East Local
Government, Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan North West Local
Government, Ibadan South West Local Government, Ibadan North Local
Government areas of Oyo state and Odeda Local Government in Ogun state.
It was among the five in Ibadan district before it was cancelled in
1956, other four local Governments that were in existence at that time
were Mapo, Akinyele, Ona-ara, and Olode-Olojumo.
It has an area of
986km2 and a population of 103,261 using a growth rate of 3.2% from 2006
census, it has population density of 116 persons by square kilometer.
Like most cities in Southern Nigeria, Ido is characterized by two
distinct seasons: the dry and the rainy season. It enjoys abundant
rainfall of over 1800mm annually and the south-westerly winds blow most
of the year.
The people are predominantly Yorubas and the area is
blessed with fertile land, which is suitable for agriculture. The main
occupation of the people is farming mainly food and cash crops such as
cassava, maize, yam, vegetable, timber, cocoa, oil palm and kolanut,
there are also large hectares of grassland which are suitable for animal
rearing, vast forest reserves and rivers. The Local Government is a
block under the Ibadan/Ibarapa agricultural zone of the Oyo state
Agricultural Programme (OYSADEP). The people of Ido are mainly small
scale farmers with significant proportion of the farmers engaging in
secondary occupation such as hunting, trading, artisan, civil service
jobs, food processing. There are also some industries located within the
Local Government Area,these include the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Nigeria Wire and Cable, Nigeria Mining Corporation
and Cassava Processing Industry. The Local Government area has 75
primary schools, 33 secondary schools made up of 18 junior secondary
school and 15 senior secondary school.
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