Abstract

IFEANYI-OBI, C. C  and  UGORJI, E. C. Effect of social exclusion on climate change adaptation of female arable crop farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. S Afr. Jnl. Agric. Ext. [online]. 2020, vol.48, n.1, pp.55-69. ISSN 2413-3221.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3221/2020/v48n1a526.

The need to reduce social exclusion suffered by female arable crop farmers in Abia State as a way of enhancing their climate change adaptive capacity prompted this study. The study identified the effect of social exclusion on climate change adaptation of female arable crop farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. A multiple stage sampling procedure was employed to select 120 respondents for the study. Data were collected with the aid of questionnaires complemented with an interview schedule. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The major effects of social exclusion on the climate change adaptation of female arable crop farmers includes poor access to credit facilities to enhance adaptation activities (x = 2.8), lack of ownership to landfor increasedfarm size (x = 2.8), and inadequate access to important agricultural equipment and inputs for better adaptation (x = 2.7). The ordinary least square regression analysis showed that a significant relationship exists between the socio-economic characteristics of the female arable crop farmers and the level of social exclusion they suffer. It was recommended that formal education of women, skill acquisition and empowerment programmes for women, and enlightenment by extension and advisory services on the implications of social exclusion could aid in the reduction of social exclusion amongst female arable crop farmers.

Keywords : Arable crop farmers; Climate change adaptation; Female farmers; Extension.

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