Beta
397308

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG FULANI HERDERS IN KAINJI LAKE BASIN, NIGERIA

Article

Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

Climate Change

Abstract

The study examined the climate change adaptation strategies of Fulani cattle herders in Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria. A combination of purposive and simple random sampling techniques were adopted to select 80 Fulani cattle herders in the study area. Data were collected using an interview guide. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data while Adaptation Strategy Use Index (ASUI) was used to rank the most frequently used adaptation strategies to climate change. The mean age and the mean family size of the cattle rearers were 45.5 years and 8.3 years respectively. Majority (60.0%) of them never attended school and the mean monthly income was N13312.50. The mean herd size was 68 cattle while the mean cattle rearing experience was 27 years. Almost (98.8%) all the cattle herders had observed changes in climate with pest and disease incidence (42.5%) and insufficient rainfall (20.3%) being the most perceived indicators. ASUI revealed that trekking long distances (0.804), grazing in farm locations (0.800) and rain-water collection (0.796) were the most frequently used adaptation strategies. The study recommends the establishment of cattle ranches and institutional support for necessary infrastructure such as permanent source of water and veterinary facilities for herders.

DOI

10.21608/jesj.2024.303758.1083

Keywords

Keywords: Pastoralists, Climate variability, Indicators, adaptive strategy index

Authors

First Name

MATHIAS

Last Name

UMUNNA

MiddleName

OFONEDU

Affiliation

FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, ISHIAGU EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA

Email

mathiasumunna@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000000250911895

First Name

Philip

Last Name

Ifejika

MiddleName

Ikechukwu

Affiliation

National Institute of Freshwater Fisheries Research, Nigeria

Email

ifejikaphilip@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Bitrus

Last Name

Gwari

MiddleName

Musa

Affiliation

National Institute of Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, Nigeria

Email

bitrusgwari54@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Abubakar

Last Name

Garba

MiddleName

Usman

Affiliation

National Institute of Freshwater Fisheries Nigeria

Email

garbaabuusman@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

36

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

51808

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-07-12

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

61

Page End

66

Print ISSN

2314-5579

Online ISSN

2682-3942

Link

https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/article_397308.html

Detail API

https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=397308

Order

397,308

Type

High quality original papers

Type Code

1,869

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Studies

Publication Link

https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG FULANI HERDERS IN KAINJI LAKE BASIN, NIGERIA

Details

Type

Article

Created At

28 Dec 2024