Abstract
The importance of agricultural sector of any economy cannot be over emphasized as food security is a major issue in developing the economy of
any Nation. Food security helps to promote self-sufficiency, healthy and efficient labor force. The production of cassava is declining drastically
due to the effect of climate change. The main objective of this research work was to ascertain the determinants of climate change adaptation of
cassava farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Data was collected with the aid of a well-structured questionnaire administered to 120 farmers
through a multistage sampling technique were used in selecting the cassava farmers. Descriptive statistics and multi regression analysis were used
to analyze the objectives of the study. The result for the socio-economic characteristics revealed that 56.4% of the respondents were male and
43.6% were female, the reason being that the researcher administered most of the questionnaire to male respondents. The mean of the major age
ranges (31-50, 51=60) was 43.5, 69.1% were married and majority of the respondents had formal education, 68% of the respondents had 11-20
years of experience in cassava farming. The results of farmers’ annual income showed that majority (47.3%) of the farmers were low income
farmers. Only 11.8% of the farmers had earned above N 200,000 annually from the sales of their cassava produce. Majority of the respondents
about 88.18% (X=3.22) claimed to have idea of climate change, The result of the logistic regression model showed the significant factors which
influenced climate change adaptation included; age (p<0.05), education (p<0.05), years of experience (p<0.05), access to credit (p< 0.01), among
others. Climate change affects cassava production due to the fact that it is climate dependent. Climate change pattern such as; increased intensity
and frequency of extreme temperature impact negatively on food production, environment and the population that depend on it for food security. It
was recommended that arable crop farmers should be trained on climate change adaptation and be given access to credit for the adoption of
technologies to cope with climate change.
Key Word: Determinants, Climate Change, Adaptation, multistage
IJCCAES Nyong 2025
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