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Abstract

This study assessed drivers of climate change adaptive capacity and its effects on crop productivity among arable crop farmers in Ogun State. Multi-stage sampling techniques w used to select 196 farmers. Primary data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The hypothesis of the study was evaluated using Pearson correlation analysis. The result showed that majority of the farmers were married (95.0%), male (74.7%) with an average age of 52 years. It was further revealed that 39.9% perceived that planting of trees could lead to adaptation to climate change. Those that perceived that mixed cropping and bush fallowing constitute 98 percent and 28.3 percent respectively. About 97 and 61% stated that crop rotation and use of cover cropping respectively, could drive adaptive capacity. About 56% of the respondents agreed that adaptive capacity lead among farmers leads to improvement in agricultural yield. None of the respondents disagree with this statement. More than half of the respondents (53.3) strongly disagree that the quality of harvested crops is reduced as farmers have capacity to adapt to climate change. It was revealed that there is positive and significant relationship between Land and crop management (r = 0.191, p<0.05); Water management (r = 0.116, p<0.05); Organic fertilizer management (r = 0.128, p<0.05); Technological management (r = 0.183, p<0.05). The study recommends a timely and reliable climate and weather information through radio, mobile technologies, extension agents, and community-based information systems should be accessible to farmers in order to facilitate informed farming decisions.

Keywords: Drivers, Climate change, Adaptive capacity, Arable crop farmers