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Effect of Climate Change on Catfish Farming Households’ Welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Authors: BALOGUN Olubunmi

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: FAMAN Journal

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The study investigated the effect of climate change on catfish households' welfare in Ogun State. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire to elicit information from 120 catfish farmers in the riverine communities of Odogbolu Local Government Area (LGA) that were selected through a multistage random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The average age, education and fishing experience of the respondents were 45.25 years, 8.9 years and 12.3 years respectively. Perception of climate change attributes showed that 65%, 97.5%, 87.5% and 76.5% of the catfish farmers have observed increased temperature, rainfall, changes in timing of rains and stronger winds. Similarly, 85% of the fishers have experienced flooding in their farms and had suffered income lost. Proportion of income lost to flooding during the period showed that 58.8%, 29.4% and 11.8% of the catfish farmers suffered severe losses ranges from ½, ¾ and ¼ of their incomes respectively. Ordinary Least Square result showed that education, experience, extension contacts, household size, experienced losses due to flooding and proportion of income loss due to flooding were the relevant and significantly determined catfish households’ welfare. Policies attention should be provision of early warning signal through extension agents, improving adult literacy programme that promote technology-driven adaptation strategies among the fishing communities to help mitigate the adverse effect of climate change.

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BALOGUN,O. . (2023). Effect of Climate Change on Catfish Farming Households’ Welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria., 23 (2), 154-154.

BALOGUN,O. . "Effect of Climate Change on Catfish Farming Households’ Welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria." 23, no (2), (2023): 154-154.

BALOGUN,O. and . (2023). Effect of Climate Change on Catfish Farming Households’ Welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria., 23 (2), pp154-154.

BALOGUNO, . Effect of Climate Change on Catfish Farming Households’ Welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria.. 2023, 23 (2):154-154.

BALOGUN,Olubunmi , . "Effect of Climate Change on Catfish Farming Households’ Welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria.", 23 . 2 (2023) : 154-154.

B.Olubunmi , "Effect of Climate Change on Catfish Farming Households’ Welfare in Ogun State, Nigeria." vol.23, no.2, pp. 154-154, 2023.

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