Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Practices among Cassava Farmers in Abia State, Nigeria
The study assessed cassava farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Abia State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting one hundred and fifty-eight respondents. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed with frequency, mean, and Tobit regressi...
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| Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/4847 |
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| Summary: | The study assessed cassava farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Abia State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting one hundred and fifty-eight respondents. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed with frequency, mean, and Tobit regression. The results show that cooperative associations (59.5%) and neighbours and friends (51.3%) were the major sources of climate-smart agriculture information. The use of previous experience to predict climatic outcomes (62.0%) and the cultivation of cover crops to retain soil moisture (63.9%) were the major weather and water-smart agricultural practices adopted by farmers. Farmers had positive perceptions of weather-smart (=2.54), water-smart (=3.48), carbon and nitrogen-smart (=2.49), and knowledge-smart (=2.94) approaches to climate-smart agriculture. Level of education (?=0.240; P?0.05), farm size (?=0.014; P?0.05), access to credit (?=0.203; P?0.05), and extension contacts (?=0.410; P?0.05) had a significant positive influence on the extent of use of climate-smart agriculture. Cooperative associations and extension services should be strengthened by the government through the provision of training and enhanced access to finance to encourage their efforts at promoting climate-smart agriculture. Adult education should be introduced to enlighten farmers on climate-smart agricultural practices.
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| ISSN: | 1119-944X 2408-6851 |