Determinants of Vulnerability to Climate Change among Yam Farmers in Benue and Nasarawa States

S. A. Adejo, T. T. Amos and D. O. Awolala
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S. A. Adejo: Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure.
T. T. Amos: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Federal University of Technology, Akure.
D. O. Awolala: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Federal University of Technology, Akure.

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2024, vol. 11, issue 7, 230-242

Abstract: The study examined the determinants of Vulnerability to Climate Change among yam farmers in Benue and Nasarawa States. The specific objectives were to determine the vulnerability status of yam farmers to Climate Change in the Study Area and examine the determinants of vulnerability of yam farmers to Climate Change in the study area. Primary data was utilized for the study. The vulnerability status of yam farmers was analyzed using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) while the Ordinary least square Technique was used to analyzed the determinants of vulnerability in the study area. The study found a CCHVI of 2.4836 for Benue State and -0.7150 for Nasarawa State. Farmers in Nasarawa state were more vulnerable because of a very low adaptive capacity compared to farmers in Benue State. Household size was the major determinant of vulnerability in Benue state with a coefficient of 0.0198 and positively statistically significant at 1% but in Nasarawa state, the major determinants of vulnerability were sex, level of Education and Years of Education with coefficients of -0.3176, -0.2419 and -0.0482 respectively all negatively statistically significant at 1%.

Date: 2024
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