Full Length Research Paper
Impacts of Climate Change on
Animal and Crop Production in
the Niger Delta Region of
Nigeria
Kehi Michael Ejime
Abstract
The study focused on the
impacts of climate change on
animal and crop production
in Niger Delta Region of
Nigeria. The study
specifically evaluated the
perceived extent of impacts
of climate change on animal
and crop production in the
region. The study adopted
descriptive survey research
design. Two research
questions and two hypotheses
guided the study. The
population for the study was
246,909 respondents made up
of registered farmers and
extension workers. Out of
the nine Niger Delta states,
Bayelsa and Delta states
were randomly chosen for the
study. Proportionate
stratified random sampling
technique was used to select
a sample size of 4,936
respondents. Structured
questionnaire and interview
were used to collect data.
The instruments were
validated by three experts.
Cronbach Alpha method was
used to determine the
internal consistency of the
questionnaire items which
yielded a coefficient of
0.81. The Statistical
Product and Service
Solutions (SPSS v 20.0) was
employed for data analysis.
The statistical tools used
for data analysis were
weighted mean to answer
research questions and
standard deviation to
validate the closeness of
the respondents from the
mean and from each other in
their responses while t-test
was used to test the stated
null hypotheses. The
findings of the study
revealed that the extent of
impacts of climate change on
both animal and crop
production in the region is
moderate. Findings further
revealed that climate change
has led to increased cost of
production (input and labour
cost). The study recommends,
among others, that farmers
in the region should be
encouraged by providing
incentives and subsidizing
inputs for them by Federal
and State governments as
well as other
non-governmental
organizations, as this will
go a long way in improving
production especially as
most farmers agree to
continue production even
with the observed impacts.
Key words: Climate
change, Rainfall,
Production, Flooding,
Temperature.
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