Börülce Çiftçilerinin Nijerya'daki Oyo Eyaleti, Iddo Yerel Yönetim Alanındaki İklim Değişikliğine Hassasiyeti ve Uyumu

Öz

İklim değişikliği Nijerya'da sebze üretimini etkileyen faktörlerden biridir. Bu çalışma börülce çiftçilerinin iklim değişikliğine karşı hassasiyetini değerlendirmiş ve ayrıca sürdürülebilir börülce üretimi için iklim koşullarına direnç sağlama umuduyla Nijerya'daki Oyo eyaletinin Iddo yerel yönetim alanında kullanılan uyum stratejilerini belirlemiştir. Rastgele seçilen 108 börülce çiftçisi üzerinde yapılan bir araştırma, çalışma alanındaki çiftçilerin iklim değişikliği etkilerine karşı oldukça duyarlı olduklarını ortaya koymuştur. Katılımcıların çoğu (% 87.1) börülce üretimi için iklim değişikliğine uyum stratejilerini benimsemiştir. Çiftçilerin proaktif çözümleri, çiftlik büyüklüklerine ve hassasiyetlerinin yoğunluğuna göre çeşitli uyum stratejileri biçimlerini birleştirmeyi içermektedir. Çiftlik büyüklüğü (r-değeri = 0.02, pv = 0.0), iklim değişikliğine karşı hassasiyet (r-değeri 0.1, pv = 0.01) ile börülce çiftçileri tarafından kullanılan iklim değişikliğine uyum stratejileri arasında anlamlı ilişki bulunmuştur. Etkili iklim değişikliği veya direnç değişkenliği için, küçük ölçekli börülce yetiştiriciliği için adaptasyon politikası, yerel iklimsel değişkenlik ve tarım topluluğunun değişimini anlayan yerel uzmanlardan gelen girdileri içermelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Adaptasyon
• İklim değişikliği
• Börülce
• Hassasiyet

Cowpea Farmers’ Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Iddo Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

Climate change is one of the factors affecting cowpea production in Nigeria. This paper assessed cowpea farmers’ vulnerability to climate change and as well ascertained the adaptation strategies used in the Iddo local government area of Oyo state in Nigeria with the hope of achieving climate resilience for sustainable cowpea production. A survey of 108 randomly selected cowpea farmers revealed that the farmers in the study area were highly susceptible to climate change impacts. Most of the respondents (87.1%) had highly adopted climate change adaptation strategies for cowpea production. Their proactive solutions include combining various forms of adaptation strategies according to farm sizes and the intensity of their vulnerability. Significant relationship existed between farm size (r-values = 0.02, pv=0.0), vulnerability to climate change (r-values 0.1, pv = 0.01) and climate change adaptation strategies used by cowpea farmers. For effective climate change or variability resilience, adaptation policy for smallholder cowpea farming should require inputs from the local experts with understanding of local climatic variability and change of the farming community.

Keywords

• Adaptation
• Climate-change
• Cowpea
• Vulnerability

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