THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES ON FOOD CROP PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
Table Of Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- i Approval page -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ii Certification -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- iii Dedication -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- iv Acknowledgement -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- v List of Tables -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ix List of Figure -- -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- xii Abstract -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xii
Chapter ONE
INTRODUCTION
- 1.0INTRODUCTION
- 1.1Background of the Study-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1
- 1.2Statement of the Problem -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7
- 1.3Objectives of the Study -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9
- 1.4Hypotheses of the Study -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10
- 1.5Justification of the Study -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11
- 1.6Limitation of the Study -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12
Chapter TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
- 2.0LITERATURE REVIEW
- 2.1Concept of Climate Change -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13
- 2.2Concept of Adaptation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14
- 2.3Climatic trend in Nigeria -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 18
- 2.4Conceptual Framework -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20
- 2.5Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Production -- -- -- 22
- 2.6Agricultural Adaptation Strategies to climate change -- -- -- 33
- 2.7Efficiency -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 43 2.
- 7.1Technical Efficiency -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 43 2.
- 7.2Allocative or Price Efficiency -- -- -- -- -- -- 44 2.
- 7.3Profit Efficiency -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44
- 2.8Production Frontier Measures -- -- -- -- -- -- 45
- 2.9Stochastic Frontier Analytical Technique of Efficiency Measurement -- 46
- 2.10Econometric Approaches for Examining Factors Influencing Efficiency from Stochastic Frontier Analysis -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48
- 2.11Production Efficiencies and their Determinants: Empirical Evidence --------------- 49
- 2.12Factors Influencing Adoption of Agricultural Technologies and Management Practices -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 56
- 2.13Theoretical Framework -- -- -- -- --------------- -- 62
- 2.14Analytical Framework -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 64
Chapter THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- 3.0METHODOLOGY
- 3.1The Study Area -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 77
- 3.2Sampling Technique -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 78
- 3.3Data Collection -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 79
- 3.4Data Analysis -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 80 3.
- 4.1Likert-Type Rating technique-- -- -- -- -- -- -- 80 3.
- 4.2Multivariate Discreet Choice Model -- -- -- -- -- -- 81 3.
- 4.3Stochastic Frontiers Model -- -- -- - -- -- -- 84 3.4.
- 3.1Stochastic Frontier Production Function -- --- -- -- -- 84 3.4.3.2Stochastic Frontier Profit Function -- -- -- -- -- -- 86 3.
- 4.4Factor Analysis Model -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 89
Chapter FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
- 4.0RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- 4.1Socio-economic characteristics of food crop farmers -- -- -- -- 91
- 4.2Farming systems practiced by the respondents -- -- -- -- 96
- 4.3Climate change adaptation strategies used by food crop farmers -- -- 98
- 4.4Perception and awareness of climate change by the respondents -- -- -- 101
- 4.5Factors that influence the choice of climate change adaptation strategies used by food crop farmers in Southwestern Nigeria -- -- -- -- 103
- 4.6Estimates for parameter estimates of stochastic average production and Cobb-Douglas models – --- -- -- -- -- -- -- 118
- 4.7Technical efficiency estimates for food crop farmers in southwestern Nigeria-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 123
- 4.8The influence of climate change adaptation strategies on technical efficiency of food crop farmers in southwestern Nigeria -- -- -- -- 125
- 4.9Estimates for parameter estimates of stochastic average profit and Cobb-Douglas models -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1
- 4.10Profit efficiency estimates for food crop farmers in Southwestern Nigeria-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 134
- 4.11The influence of climate change adaptation strategies on profit efficiency of food crop farmers in Southwestern Nigeria -- -- -- -- 136
- 4.12Simulation of selected climate change adaptation strategies -- -- -- 141
- 4.13Constraints to climate change adaptation by food crop farmers in Southwestern Nigeria -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 143
- 4.14Constraints to climate change adaptation by food crop farmers in the savanna agro-ecological zone of southwestern Nigeria -- -- -- -- 146
- 4.15Constraints to climate change adaptation by food crop farmers in the rainforest agro-ecological zone of southwestern Nigeria -- -- -- 151
Chapter FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 5.0SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 5.1Summary -- -- -- --- 155
- 5.2Conclusion -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 160
- 5.3Recommendations -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 161 Major contributions to knowledge -- -- -- -- -- -- 162 Areas of further research -- -- -- -- -- -- 162 REFERENCES -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 164
Thesis Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study examined the effects of climate change adaptation strategies on food crop production efficiency in Southwestern Nigeria. The study used multistage sampling technique and primary data were collected from 360 food crop farmers (i.e. 180 respondents were randomly selected from each selected state from the savanna and the rainforest agroecological zones that dominates the region). The analytical techniques involved descriptive and inferential statistics. Results of the multinomial logit analysis showed that household size negatively influenced the use of multiple crop varieties, land fragmentation (i.e. multiple farm plots), multiple planting dates and crop diversification. Age of household head had an inverse relationship with the choice and use of multiple crop varieties, land fragmentation (multiple farm plots), multiple planting dates and off-farm employment. Education had a negative effect on the choice and use of multiple crop varieties and multiple planting dates. Sex had positive influence on the choice and use of multiple crop varieties, multiple planting dates and off-farm employment but average distance had a positive relationship with the choice and use of land fragmentation. Tenure security positively influenced the choice and use of crop diversification but access to credit negatively correlated with multiple crop varieties, multiple planting dates and crop diversification. The stochastic frontier analysis showed that labour, farm size and other agrochemicals are highly significant at 1% level of probability in food crop production. The computed mean technical efficiency estimate was 0.84. The technical inefficiency model showed that land fragmentation (i.e. multiple farm plots) and multiple planting dates had significant positive relationship with technical inefficiency but years of climate change awareness and social capital had significant inverse relationship with it. The stochastic frontier profit function showed that rent on farm land and price of labour were highly significant at 1% level of probability. The computed average profit efficiency of the respondents was 0.67. The profit inefficiency model revealed that offfarm employment, multiple planting dates, crop diversification and education level had significant positive relationship with profit inefficiency but land fragmentation (i.e. multiple farm plots), years of climate change awareness and social capital had negative relationship with it. The factor analysis revealed that the major constraints to climate change adaptation among the food crop farmers were public, institutional and labour constraints; land, neighbourhood norms and religious beliefs constraints; high cost of inputs, technological and information constraints; farm distance, access to climate information, off-farm-job and credit constraints; and poor agricultural programmes and service delivery constraints. The study, therefore, recommends, inter alia, proactive regulatory land use systems that will make food crop farmers to participate in a more secured land ownership system should be put in place to enhance their investment in climate change adaptation strategies that has a long-term effect. Morealso, Government and non-governmental organizations should help the farmers in the area of provision and/ or facilitate the provision of input-based adaptation strategies in the study area. Again, intensive use of already proven adaptation strategies at farm-level by the farmers at their present resource technology will still make them to reduce technical and profit inefficiencies by 16% and 33% respectively, in the study area.
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