Mobile Agricultural Information and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Insight from Smallholder Farmers in Kwara, Nigeria

Solaja, S.O. and Bamiro, O.M. and Ayeni, M.D. and Awe, T.E and Faronbi, O. A. and Okonta, O. Mobile Agricultural Information and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Insight from Smallholder Farmers in Kwara, Nigeria. In: 2025 Landmark University International Conference SEB4SDG.

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Abstract

Making key information on agricultural practices available to farmers on mobile phones is important in lessening the impact of climate change. This study, therefore, examined the nexus between agricultural information received on mobile phones and climate change mitigation techniques adopted by smallholder farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria. Employing a multi-stage sampling procedure, 200 respondents were selected and a structured questionnaire was utilized to collect information from them. Descriptive statistics and a multivariate probit model were employed to analyse the socioeconomic characteristics and the nexus between mobile phone information and adaptation to climate change methods, respectively. The result showed that 78% of the respondents were male and the average age was 48 years. About 78% were married and the mean family size was 6. The mean years of formal education is 9 years and the farmers have an average of 13 years of farming experience. Around 20% accessed agricultural information on their mobile phones. Additionally, the climate adaptations adopted by the farmers are early planting (32%), irrigation (31%), multiple planting (11.5%), and mixed cropping (10%). The regression result showed that information received on mobile phones has a significant effect on the adoption of all the climate change adaptation strategies. The study recommends that agricultural climate policies should focus on developing mobilebased agricultural advisory services that are easily accessible to farmers Keywords- Agricultural information; mobile phone; climate adaptation strategies; Kwara state.

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