Abstract
The study was conducted to analyze the socioeconomic characteristic of soybean farmers in response to signs of climate change in north east Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to sample respondents while primary and secondary data were used for the study. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 450 soybean farmers. Descriptive statistic, and likert type scale was used to analyzed the data. The socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers indicated that majority (67.3%) were male and are between 41-50 years of age, majority (66.9%) are married with a household size of between 1-5 persons and a farming experience of 16 years and above. Most of the farmers has one form of formal education or another, while 57.8% of the farmers cultivate between 6-10 hectares of farm land. Majority (60.0%) of the farmers belong to one agricultural association or another and many (61.8%) have access to extension agents. Signs of climate change were measured using Likert scale which revealed that gradual reduction of vegetation (53.1%), increase temperature (38.2%), and increase rainstorm (32.9%) were major signs of climate change noticed by soybean farmers. it is recommended that Federal government of Nigeria should take climate change challenges very seriously and formulate policies that can assist the farmers overcome its effect and build infrastructures in rural communities that can support the farmers efforts in the delivery of goods and services.
Key Words: Analysis, Socioeconomic, Soybean, Farmers, Climate, Change,
ICCAES PUBLICATION Paul, A. H., Ojukwu, M. N and Joy. P. A
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