Impact of Climate Variability and Adaptation Strategies on Tomato Production Among Smallholder Farmers in Bauchi L.G.A., Nigeria

Auwal Garba¹, Nasir Adamu Umar², Mijinyawa Garba Abdullahi³

^1,3Researcher, Department of Environmental Management Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

²Researcher, Department of Environmental Management, Federal University of Technology, Owerri. 

Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of climatic variability and adaptation tactics on smallholder farmers’ tomato production in Bauchi L.G.A. The lack of consistency in the pattern of different climatic factors for one or more seasons was assessed by smallholder farmers in communities as a large or moderate influence of climate variability. According to the survey, farmers used a variety of adaptation measures. The majority of them favoured mixed cropping, the use of agrochemicals, and crop diversification. Numerous farmers believed the impacts to be the occurrence of tomato disease, which lowers crop yield and has negative effects on the net production of tomatoes.  The study comes to the conclusion that one of the key elements influencing tomato yield in the study area is climate variability. The study suggests that tomato farmers’ ability to receive meteorological information may improve their capacity for adaptation. This might lessen how negatively climate variability affects their activities and tomato output.    

Keywords: Variability, Climate, Adaptation, Tomato, Farmers

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