ADOPTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AMONG RICE FARMERS IN JERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

The study The Adoption Of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Among Rice Farmers In Jere Local Government Area Of Borno State Nigeria. The objective of the study was to examine farmer’s adoption to climate change adaptation strategies among rice farmers in Jere Local Government Area, Borno State, Nigeria. While the specific objectives are to examine the socio-economic characteristics of the rice farmers in the study area, to identify adaptation strategies to climate change being used by the rice farmers, to examine the socio-economic factors influencing adaptation to climate change by the rice farmers and to examine the challenges faced by rice farmers in adopting climate change adaptation strategies. The Sampling Technique were Five (5) wards was purposively select Out of the twelve (12) wards in the area. These are the areas where rice farmers were predominantly found. These include, Bale Galtimari, Gongulong, Alau, lawanti, and Dusuman wards. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select two (2) villages randomly in each ward. A total of seven (7) men farmers and three (3) women farmers were randomly selected from the each village, making a total of one hundred (100) respondents for the study area. The Method of Data Collection for the study was collected from both primary and secondary information sources. The primary data were collected using structured questionnaire administered to a total of 100 farmers in the study area. The secondary sources of information included journal. textbooks, Internet, conference papers, past projects, dissertation etc. Data were collected on socio-economic characteristics adaptation strategies used by rice farmers in the study area. Analytical Techniques tools that was use for this study includes descriptive statistic and Logistic regression model. The socio-economic characteristics of the rice farmers in the study area were examined and the findings are presented in table 4.1. The finding indicates that 25% of the farmers had less than 30 years while 13.% were within 31 -45 years of age in the study area and 19% of the respondent were 46-55 years of age and 23% of the respondent were 56-65 years of age and 60 and above are 21% in the study area.. This indicates that most of the farmers were young and old age in the study area. The finding agrees with findings by Bernard et al. (2021), in a similar study, where they found that 54.4% of the respondents were between the bracket ages of 31-40 years. Based on findings of the study, the following recommendations were made. The Research institutes should make available the high yielding improved crop varieties that are tolerant to adverse conditions associated to climate change to the farmers, Mass media enlightenment campaign should be made to create awareness on the effects and possible adaptation strategies of climate change and the rice farming communities should come up with local disaster risk management committees to encourage the farmer’s adaptation strategies as survival strategies.