article · Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (University of Kassel)
Sustainable rice production in Nigeria faces significant risks from poor adaptation to climate change. An investigation in Southwestern Nigeria examined the factors that influence how rice farmers adapt to changing climate conditions. Field surveys and focus group discussions revealed that almost all respondents adjust their planting dates until weather conditions turn favourable. Additionally, over eighty per cent of farmers seek early warning information and plant improved varieties like Federal Agricultural Research Oryza. Around one fifth apply chemical fertilisers to maintain soil fertility. Key determinants shaping these adaptation choices include access to early warning data, fertiliser availability, overall plot size, and regular water supply. Enhancing resilience among rice farmers requires providing targeted incentives, delivering practical training on flood and drought control, and deploying improved agricultural technologies to secure higher crop yields.
Climate change poses direct threats to staple food security and farming livelihoods in Nigeria. Understanding the practical measures rice growers already use, such as adjusting planting dates and selecting resilient seeds, helps policymakers and development agencies design better interventions. Prioritising early warning systems and reliable agricultural inputs ensures smallholder farmers can protect crop yields against erratic weather patterns.
The findings highlight commercial opportunities for providers of early warning information platforms, training programmes, and improved seed varieties such as Federal Agricultural Research Oryza. Input suppliers, agritech firms, and extension providers can target these demonstrated farmer needs. Because the study relies on field surveys and focus groups, the insights are applied and field-tested, though the abstract does not assess specific commercial product pipelines.
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Poor adaptation to climate change is a major threat to sustainable rice production in Nigeria.Determinants of appropriate climate-change adaptation strategies used by rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria have not been fully investigated.In this study, the determinants of climate change adaptation strategies used by rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria were investigated.Data were obtained through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and field survey conducted in the study areas.Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools such as percentage and regression analysis.The major climate change adaptation strategies used by the respondents included; planting improved rice variety such as Federal Agricultural Research Oryza (FARO) (80.5 %), seeking early warning information (80.9 %), shifting planting date until the weather condition was favourable (99.1 %), and using chemical fertilizer on their farms in order to maintain soil fertility (20.5 %).The determinants of climate change adaptation strategies used by the farmers, included access to early warning information (=43.04),access to fertilizer (=5.78),farm plot size (=-12.04)and access to regular water supply (=-24.79).Climate change adaptation required provision of incentives to farmers, training on drought and flood control, and the use of improved technology to obtain higher yield.
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