Farmers’ Adoption of Climate Smart Practices for Increased Productivity in Nigeria

Abstract

In a bid to reinforce the efforts of agricultural professionals within the domain of climate change studies and with particular emphasis on rural farmers in Nigeria, this chapter explores the mechanics for adoption of climate smart agricultural practices among rural farmers for an increased agricultural productivity. Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is paramount to the success of farming activities today in the face of the menace of the impact of climate change. Climate Smart Agricultural Practice (CSAP) is one of the major keys that agricultural development approaches aimed at; to sustainably increase productivity and resilience, while also reducing the effects; as well as removing emissions of greenhouse gases. It is pertinent to note that most of the CSAPs adopted by the rural farmers in this study are conservation agriculture, use of organic manure, crop diversification, use of wetland (Fadama), planting of drought tolerant crops, relocation from climate risk zones, prayers for God’s intervention, and improvement on farmers’ management skills. This study divulged and showcased the import of CSAP in boosting agricultural yield and also highlights the bottlenecks inhibiting agricultural farming practices such as lack of practical understanding of the approach, inadequate data and information, lack of suitable tools at local and national levels, supportive and enabling policy frameworks, and socioeconomic constraints at the farm level. The study concluded by recommending an aggressive awareness and mobilization campaign to boost the adoption of CSAPs in Nigeria.

Effect of perception on adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices in Irish potato farming: A case of Ainabkoi, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

“…These findings are consistent with the [18] study conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and Ethiopia, which revealed that farmers perceived that adopting CSAPs could enhance climate change adaptation and resilience by improving soil fertility and reducing soil erosion. This also aligns with those of [19], which highlighted the positive effects of soil management, composting, and agroforestry on soil health.…”

Promoting uptake and integration of climate smart agriculture technologies, innovations and management practices into policy and practice in Nigeria

“…However, the use of green house and flood resistant crop varieties recorded the lowest level of awareness (Mean = 1.44). This result may not be surprising as reports from literature already suggested that farmers are highly vulnerable to climate change impact (Wisner, 2016;ICRISAT, 2019;Fawole and Aderinoye-Abdulwahab, 2021) and it also suggests a low level of knowledge of CSA-TIMPs especially. This finding is in consonance with that of Tiamiyu et al (2017) who found that large proportion of agricultural stakeholders were not aware of most CSA practices in Northern Nigeria and this has resulted in low uptake of the CSA practices in the region.…”

“…Haider (2019) also reported that farmers in the semi-arid region of Nguru, Nigeria mitigated the impact of climate variability by using adaptation strategies such as planting of different crop varieties, soil and water conservation, diversification into non-farm activities and use of irrigation among others. Similarly, it was found that most farmers in Adamawa are well aware of climate change and have been responding to its effect by planting improved and extreme weather tolerant crop varieties as well as planting of early maturing crop varieties (FAO and ICRISAT, 2019; Fawole and Aderinoye-Abdulwahab, 2021). Sofoluwe et al (2011) found that the farmers in Osun State perceived climate change through their experience of a surge in temperature and decrease in rainfall.…”

Analysis of the effect of climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) on food security of maize production in Southeast, Nigeria

“…Additionally, the study examines the regressive influence of constraints on the practice of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), shedding light on the factors hindering the adoption and implementation of CSAPs. However, the constraints to the implementation of CSA commonly filtered from the study by Obianefo et al (2019) [39] ; Kaptymer et al (2019) [26] ; Salisu (2022) [45] ; Fawole, and Aderinoye-Abdulwahab (2021) [17] ; Chukwu et al (2023) [14] include the high cost of improved varieties of yam, the high cost of farm labour, and lack of financial resources, poor access to information sources relevant to adaptation, lack of relevant information on adaptation measures, lack of access to weather forecasts and interpretation, lack of irrigation facilities, absence/weak implementation of government policies, scarcity and high cost of farm inputs, lack of drainage facilities, inadequate extension services, insecure land tenure system, and low management skills due to low literacy. An innovative aspect of this study lies in its methodological approach, which utilizes censored regression to understand the individual effects of CSAPs on food security dimensions, a methodology that has not been extensively applied in previous studies in Southeast Nigeria.…”