期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：5
页码：529-536
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：The studyexamines the perceived effect of climate change on cocoa production in South Western Nigeria. Information collected from 270 respondents residing in Ondo, Osun and Oyo states of Nigeria using well-structure questionnaires forms the primary data used in the analysis. Descriptive statistics, weighted means score and multiple regression analysis were the analytical techniques used. The result shows that more than 70 percent of the respondents were male, majority of them were 50years of age and 57.4 percent had no formal education. The major means of awareness about climate change are radio and co-farmers in Ondo State and Osun State while its radio and television in Oyo State. Livestock farming systems, weeding options, mixed cropping, remover of chupons, and pruning of old cocoa trees are the main preventive strategies adopted by farmers in the states under study. Applications of pesticides on cocoa and determining damage threshold for use of insecticides are part of the mitigating strategies used by the farmers in the study area. The inferential statistics shows that farmers' age, level of education, extension services, farming experience, farm and family size are significantly related to the farmers' perceived effect of climate change on cocoa production in the three States under study.
关键词：Cocoa;Climate change;Perceived effect;Preventive;Mitigating and coping strategies
