Olusola Olakunle Ogunjinmi
Agricultural Education Department, Nigeria.
Title: Effect of climate change and adaptability measure on cassava farmers in afijio local government area, Oyo state, Nigeria
Biography
Biography: Olusola Olakunle Ogunjinmi
Abstract
Global warming of climate change is a consequence of emission of immense greenhouse gases. Since the mid – 20th century, the earth’s surface has witnessed an increase in average temperature which is blamed on the emission of green house gases such as carbon particles which deplete the ozone layer, the earth’s protective cover. The study was carried out to infer the adaptability measurements by cassava farmers in Afijio Local Government area of Oyo State to mitigate the effects of climate change. Questionnaires were used to elicit information form cassava farmer. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select a total of 420 cassava farmers with farm size not less than 5acres constituted the sample frame of which 20% (84) were interviewed. Descriptive statistics and correlation procedures were used to analyse data. About 25% of the respondents were 36 – 45 years, 30% of the respondents cultivated between 5 – 10 acres of farmland while 20% of the respondents cultivated 10 – 15acres of farmland, and 40% of the respondents claimed that their productivity has reduced over the year possibly due to climatic parameters variability. Increase disease and pest infestation, lateness of rainfall were some of the constraints observed by farmers. Climate change parameters affected the yield of cassava negatively. Most of the measures adopted by the farmers were not effective in combating effect of climate change on cassava production in the study area. Research institute should look into development of effective means of combating the effect of climate change on cassava production.