Farmers Socio-Demographic Factors and their Adaptive Response to Climate Change in Mubi Region of Adamawa State, Nigeria

The study examined farmer’s socio-demographic factors and their adaptive response to climate change in Mubi Region of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The primary data were obtained through the use of structure questionnaire survey of 927 respondents from 28 communities of the study area; data obtained were analyzed using, descriptive statistics bivariate regression, multiple regression analysis, principal components analysis and canonical correlation analysis. The results ascertained that farmers in the study area are aware of climate change and adopt various adaptation strategies such as planting of early maturing crops, planting of drought and heat tolerant seeds and changing time of land preparation. The result of the ANOVA analysis showed that farming experienced has a significant influence on farmer’s adaptive response to climate change (F=43.547, P<0.05), this shows that to a great extent farmer’s adaptive response to climate change is influenced by their farming experience. The canonical loading results shows that education of farmers in the study has positive and significant association with planting drought and heat tolerant seed varieties and planting early maturing crops. However, constraints towards adaptation according to the respondents includes, higher cost of fertilizer and other farm inputs, poor information on early warning system, traditional beliefs and unavailable credit facilities.