Variations of Indigenous Adaptation Methods to Climate Change in Gombe State, Nigeria
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Certain indigenous adaptation strategies were not yielding good results in some locations and others were given more priority. The study assessed the variation in the practices of indigenous adaptation strategies to climate change within the three (3) Political Zones of the state. Primary and secondary data were used for this study. Primary data were sourced from questionnaire administration, while secondary data (list of registered farmers) was source from the Gombe State Agricultural Development Program to select respondents for the study. About 384 respondents were sampled for the study. Descriptive statistics and Weighted Average Index (WAI) were used to analyse the data. The result revealed that about (64%) were within the ages of 40-49. The majority of them were married (64.3%). Most of the respondents (77.6) had one form of formal education, while (22.4%) had no formal education. The majority (83.3%) were aware of climate change, and only (29.2%) had an extension visit. Planting in between ridges (shuka a lambatu), keeping of more livestock than before, and use of indigenous seed were ranked first in Gombe South (GS), Gombe Central (GC), and Gombe North (GN), respectively. Cultivation of more plots now than before, use of indigenous weather forecasting, and practicing more irrigation than in past decades were ranked fourth in GS, GC, and GN, respectively. The study concludes that there is variation in the practices of the indigenous adaptation method by political zones. The study recommends that local adaptation strategies should be improved by the inhabitants of each zone.
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