Perception of Climate Effects on Agriculture by Farmers in Damaturu Metropolitan, Yobe State

The farmer’s adaptation decision to cope with the effects of climate change has drawn considerable attention and recognition of the local and global scale’s human-environmental approach. In this paper, we tried to understand the human dimension of adaptation decision of farmers in Damaturu metropolitan. We analyze the farmer’s perception of climate change effects and socio-economic determinants of farm household which influence adaption decisions and adaptation strategies choices. We conducted a micro-level assessment of 246 farmers and farm households in Damaturu metropolitan, Yobe state of Nigeria. The data is analyzed through descriptive statistics methods and logistic regression. The study finds out that 80 per cent of the surveyed farmers in the study area perceive and predict climate changes effects and choose to adopt. This study found that the key socio-economic variables such as the farmer’s age, gender, household size, education level, off-farm income, and farm-size influence farmers’ adaptation decision and outcome in the study area. This study will help identify the critical household characteristics that may be integrated into future policy formulation and implementation to be integrated into future policy formulation and a successful adaptation future. Farmers in the study area are fully aware of the effect of climate change and are also aware of the possible coping strategies such as the need for agricultural insurance, planting of drought and flood tolerant varieties and reduction of water loss through practices such as mulching and rearing of heat tolerant livestock.