Climate Change Perceptions and Attitudes to Smallholder Adaptation in Northwestern Nigerian Drylands
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Research Location, Sampling and Data Collection
3.2. Statistics
4. Results
4.1. Community Livelihoods and Perceptions of Climate Change
4.1.1. Community Baseline Conditions
4.1.2. Source of Climate Information
4.1.3. Perceptions on Environment and Climate Change Awareness
4.1.4. Gender Difference
4.1.5. Age and Education Differences
4.1.6. Climate Change Adaptation Practices
4.2. Climate Change and the Theory of Planned Behaviour
4.2.1. Variability of Determinants across Climate Change Adaptation Behaviour
4.2.2. Multiple Regression Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Intention
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Increased Temperature/Hot | Poor Humidity/Dryness | High Sunshine | Change in Rainfall Pattern | Poor Fertility of Soils | Increased Erosion | Increased Drought | Flooding | Decreased Arable Yield | Pests and Diseases | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Increased temperature/Hot | 1.000 | 0.483 | 0.630 | 0.150 | 0.057 | 0.212 | 0.123 | 0.085 | 0.150 | 0.125 |
Poor humidity/Dryness | 1.000 | 0.399 | 0.034 | −0.002 | 0.162 | 0.274 | −0.004 | 0.127 | 0.047 | |
High sunshine | 1.000 | 0.108 | 0.068 | 0.202 | 0.198 | 0.084 | 0.091 | 0.157 | ||
Change in rainfall pattern | 1.000 | 0.128 | −0.078 | 0.048 | −0.155 | 0.094 | −0.009 | |||
Poor fertility of soils | 1.000 | 0.197 | 0.322 | −0.216 | 0.301 | 0.087 | ||||
Increased erosion | 1.000 | 0.249 | 0.363 | −0.043 | 0.143 | |||||
Increased drought | 1.000 | −0.059 | 0.112 | −0.078 | ||||||
Flooding | 1.000 | −0.126 | 0.096 | |||||||
Decreased arable yield | 1.000 | 0.213 | ||||||||
Pests and diseases | 1.000 |
Appendix B
Item | Pattern Coefficients | Structure Coefficients | Communalities | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Component 1 | Component 2 | Component 1 | Component 2 | ||
Increased temperature | 0.779 | 0.076 | 0.788 | 0.165 | 0.626 |
High sunshine intensity | 0.765 | 0.061 | 0.772 | 0.149 | 0.599 |
Poor humidity/dryness | 0.652 | 0.111 | 0.665 | 0.185 | 0.454 |
Increased erosion | 0.583 | −0.246 | 0.555 | −0.179 | 0.367 |
Pest and diseases | 0.278 | 0.015 | 0.280 | 0.046 | 0.078 |
Flooding | 0.388 | −0.693 | 0.309 | −0.648 | 0.569 |
Poor fertility of soils | 0.080 | 0.659 | 0.115 | 0.669 | 0.453 |
Decreased yields | 0.113 | 0.577 | 0.179 | 0.590 | 0.361 |
Change in rainfall pattern | 0.016 | 0.447 | 0.067 | 0.449 | 0.202 |
Increased drought | 0.344 | 0.377 | 0.387 | 0.416 | 0.290 |
References
- Abiodun, Babatunde, Ayobami Salami, and Mark Tadross. 2011. Climate Change Scenarios for Nigeria: Understanding Biophysical Impacts. Climate Systems Analysis Group, Cape Town, for Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change Project. Ibadan: Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST). [Google Scholar]
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. 2014. Africa Agriculture Status Report: Climate Change and Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nairobi: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. [Google Scholar]
- Ajzen, Icek. 1985. From Intentions to Actions: A Theory of Planned Behavior. In Action Control: From Cognition to Behavior. Edited by Kuhl Julius and Beckmann Jürgen. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 11–39. [Google Scholar]
- Ajzen, Icek. 1988. Attitudes, Personality, and Behavior. Chicago: Dorsey. [Google Scholar]
- Ajzen, Icek. 1991. The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 50: 179–211. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Ajzen, Icek. 2001. Nature and operation of attitudes. Annual Review of Psychology 52: 27–58. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Ajzen, Icek. 2002. Perceived behavioral control, self-efficacy, locus of control, and the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 32: 665–83. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Ajzen, Icek. 2011. The theory of planned behaviour: Reactions and reflections. Psychology & Health 26: 1113–27. [Google Scholar]
- Ajzen, Icek. 2015. Consumer attitudes and behavior: The theory of planned behavior applied to food consumption decisions. Rivista di Economia Agraria. Anno 70: 121–38. [Google Scholar]
- Akande, Tunji, and Femi Ogundele. 2009. African food crisis: The Nigerian case study. In Afrint II Micro Studies. Ibadan: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). [Google Scholar]
- Bandura, Albert. 1977. Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioural change. Psychological Review 84: 191–215. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Bandura, Albert. 1982. Self-Efficacy Mechanism in Human Agency. American Psychologist, 122–47. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Bonnes, Mirilia, Terence Lee, and Marino Bonaiuto, eds. 2003. Psychological Theories for Environmental Issues. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company. [Google Scholar]
- Brklacich, Michael, Christopher Bryant, Ben Veenhof, and Andrew Beauchesne. 2000. Agricultural adaptation to climatic change: A comparative assessment of two types of farming in central Canada. In Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability in the New Countryside. Edited by Hugh Millward, Kenneth Beesley, Brian Ilbery and Lisa Harrington. Winnipeg: Hignell Printing Limited, pp. 40–51. [Google Scholar]
- Bryan, Elizabeth, Temesgen T. Deressa, Glwadys A. Gbetibouo, and Claudia Ringler. 2009. Adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia and South Africa: Options and constraints. Environmental Science & Policy 12: 413–26. [Google Scholar]
- Bryant, Christopher, Barry Smit, Michael Brklacich, Thomas Johnston, John Smithers, Quentin Chiotti, and Bhawan Singh. 2000. Adaptation in Canadian agriculture to climatic variability and change. Climate Change 45: 181–201. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Burch, Sarah, and John Robinson. 2007. A framework for explaining the links between capacity and action in response to global climate change. Climate Policy 7: 304–16. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Burton, Ian. 1997. Vulnerability and adaptive response in the context of climate and climate change. Climatic Change 36: 185–96. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Catell, Raymond B. 1966. The scree test for number of factors. Multivariate Behavioral Research 1: 245–76. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Conner, Mark, and Christopher Armitage. 1998. Extending the theory of planned behavior: A review and avenues for further research. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 28: 1429–64. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Conner, Mark, and Paul Sparks. 1996. The theory of planned behaviour and health behaviours. In Predicting Health Behaviour: Research and Practice with Social Cognition Models. Edited by Mark Conner and Paul Norman. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp. 121–62. [Google Scholar]
- Dang, Hao, Elton Li, Johan Bruwer, and Ian Nuberg. 2014a. Farmers’ perceptions of climate variability and barriers to adaptation: Lessons learned from an exploratory study in Vietnam. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 19: 531–48. [Google Scholar]
- Dang, Hao, Elton Li, Ian Nuberg, and Johan Bruwer. 2014b. Understanding farmers’ adaptation intention to climate change: A structural equation modelling study in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Environmental Science & Policy 41: 11–22. [Google Scholar]
- De Schutter, Olivier. 2013. Gender Equality and Food Security: Women’s Empowerment as a Tool against Hunger; Asian Development Bank and Food and Agriculture Organisation. Available online: http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/ar259e/ar259e.pdf (accessed on 18 November 2017).
- Deressa, Temesgen T., Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler, Tekie Alemu, and Mahmud Yesuf. 2009. Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. Global Environmental Change 19: 248–55. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Deressa, Temesgen T., Rashid M. Hassan, and Claudia Ringler. 2011. Perception of and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile basin of Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Science 149: 23–31. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- DeVellis, Robert F. 2012. Scale Development: Theory and Applications, 3rd ed.Sage: Thousand. [Google Scholar]
- Federal Ministry of Environment Climate Change Department. 2011. National Adaptation Strategy and Plan of Action on Climate Change for Nigeria (NASPA-CCN). Available online: http://nigeriaclimatechange.org/docs/naspaAug2012.pdf (accessed on 17 October 2015).
- Fishbein, Martin, and Icek Ajzen. 2010. Predicting and Changing Behavior: The Reasonedaction Approach. New York: Psychology Press. [Google Scholar]
- Fisher, Rhiannon K. 2012. The Role of Social Capital in Influencing Capacity of Farmers to Bovine Tuberculosis. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK. Submitted. [Google Scholar]
- Fosu-Mensah, Benedicta Y., Paul L. G. Vlek, and Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy. 2012. Farmers’ perceptionand adaptation to climate change: A case study of Sekyedumase district in Ghana. Environment, Development and Sustainability 14: 495–505. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Grothmann, Torsten, and Anthony Patt. 2005. Adaptive capacity and human cognition: The process of individual adaptation to climate change. Global Environmental Change 15: 199–213. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Hardaker, J. Brian, Rudd B.M. Huirne, Jock R. Anderson, and Gudbrand Lien. 2004. Coping with Risk in Agriculture, 2nd ed.Wikiwand: CAB International. [Google Scholar]
- Hardaker, J. Brian, Gudbrand Lien, Jock R. Anderson, and Rudd B.M. Huirne. 2015. Coping with Risk in Agriculture: Applied Decision Analysis, 3rd ed.Wikiwand: CAB International. [Google Scholar]
- Hisali, Eria, Patrick Birungi, and Faisal Buyinza. 2011. Adaptation to climate change in Uganda: Evidence from micro level data. Global Environmental Change 21: 1245–61. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- IPCC. 2007. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Climate Change 2007. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Google Scholar]
- Joliffe, Ian. 2002. Principal Component Analysis. Berlin: Springer. [Google Scholar]
- Jones, Lindsey, and Emily Boyd. 2011. Exploring social barriers to adaptation: Insights from Western Nepal. Global Environmental Change 21: 1262–74. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Kidane, Georgis. 2010. Agricultural Based Livelihood Systems in Drylands in the Context of Climate Change: Inventory of Adaptation Practices and Technologies of Ethiopia. Rome: FAO, United Nations. [Google Scholar]
- Lin, Shis-Ping. 2013. The gap between global issues and personal behaviors: Pro-environmental behaviors of citizens toward climate change in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 18: 773–83. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Madden, Thomas J., Pamela Scholder Ellen, and Icek Ajzen. 1992. A comparison of the theory of planned behavior and the theory of reasoned action. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 18: 3–9. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Maddison, David. 2007. The Perception of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa. The World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4308. Development Research Group. Available online: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/479641468193774164/pdf/wps4308.pdf (accessed on 2 April 2017).
- Masud, Muhammad, Al-Amin Mehedi, Quasem Abul, Ha Junsheng, Ferdous Ahmed, Siti, Rohani Yahaya, Rulia Akhtar, and Hasanul Banna. 2016. Climate change issue and theory of planned behaviour: Relationship by empirical evidence. Journal of Cleaner Production 113: 613–23. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Maye, Damian, Brian Ilbery, and Ruth Little. 2012. Rationalising risk: grower strategies to manage plant disease in the UK wheat and potato sectors. The Geographical Journal 178: 338–47. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Mehar, Mamta, Surabhi Mittal, and Narayan Prasad. 2016. Farmers coping strategies for climate shock: Is it differentiated by gender? Journal of Rural Studies 44: 123–31. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Mertz, Ole, Cheikh Mbow, Anette Reenberg, and Awa Diouf. 2009. Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change and Agricultural Adaptation Strategies in Rural Sahel. Environmental Management 43: 804–16. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Morgan, George A., Nancy Leech, and Karen Barrett. 2007. SPSS for Introductory Statistics: Use and Interpretation, 3rd ed.London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [Google Scholar]
- Mortimore, Michael. 2000. Profile of Rainfall Change and Variability in the Kano-Maradi Region, 1960–2000. Dryland Research Working Paper 25. Crewkerne Somerset, UK. [Google Scholar]
- Ndamani, Francis, and Tsunemi Watanabe. 2015. Determinants of farmers’ adaptation to climate change: A micro level analysis in Ghana. Scienta Agricola 73: 201–8. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Nearing, Mark, Fernando Pruski, and Monte O’Neal. 2004. Expected climate change impacts on soil erosion rates: A review. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 59: 43–50. [Google Scholar]
- Neil, Adger, Huq Saleemul, Brown Katrina, Conway Declan, and Hulme Mike. 2003. Adaptation to climate change in the developing world. Progress in Development Studies 3: 179–95. [Google Scholar]
- Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, and The World Bank. 2014. LSMS-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture General Household Survey Panel 2012/2013. Available online: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLSMS/Resources/3358986-1233781970982/5800988-1282216357396/7337519-1388758418241/GHS_Panel_Survey_Report_Wave_2.pdf (accessed on 12 April 2017).
- Niles, Meredith, Margaret T. Brown, and Robyn Dynes. 2016. Farmer’s intended and actual adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Climatic Change 135: 277–95. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Okonya, Joshua, Katja Syndikus, and Jurgen Kroschel. 2013. Farmers’ Perception of and Coping Strategies to Climate Change: Evidence from Six Agro-Ecological Zones of Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Science 5: 252–63. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Pallant, Julie. 2013. SPSS Survival Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Data Analysis Using IBM SPSS, 5th ed.Berkshire: Open University Press. [Google Scholar]
- Patt, Anthony, and Chiedza Gwata. 2002. Effective seasonal climate forecast applications: Examining constraints for subsistence farmers in Zimbabwe. Global Environmental Change 12: 185–95. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Scoones, Ian. 2009. Livelihoods perspectives and rural development. The Journal of Peasant Studies 36: 171–96. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Serenari, Christopher, Yu-Fai Leung, Aram Attarian, and Chris Franck. 2012. Understanding environmentally significant behavior among whitewater rafting and trekking guides in the Garhwal Himalaya, India. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 20: 757–72. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Smit, Barry, and Mark W. Skinner. 2002. Adaptation options in agriculture to climate change: A typology. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 7: 85–114. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Smit, Barry, D. McNabb, and John Smithers. 1996. Agricultural adaptation to climatic variation. Climate Change 33: 7–29. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Smithers, John, and Barry Smit. 1997. Human adaptation to climatic variability and change. Global Environmental Change 7: 129–46. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Stehr, Nico, and Hans von Storch. 1995. The social construct of climate and climate change. Climate Research 5: 99–105. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Stringer, Lindsay C., Jen C. Dyer, Mark S. Reed, Andrew J. Dougill, Chasca Twyman, and David Mkwambisi. 2009. Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: Local insights to enhance policy in southern Africa. Environmental Science & Policy 12: 748–65. [Google Scholar]
- Swe, Lwin Maung Maung, Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, Theo Ebbers, and Damien Jourdain. 2015. Farmers’ perception of and adaptation to climate-change impacts in the Dry Zone of Myanmar. Climate and Development 7: 437–53. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Tambo, Justice Akpene, and Tahirou Abdoulaye. 2013. Smallholder farmers’ perceptions of and adaptations to climate change in the Nigerian savanna. Regional Environmental Change 13: 375–88. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Terry, Deborah J., Michael A. Hogg, and Katherine M. White. 1999. The theory of planned behaviour: Self-identity, social identity and group norms. British Journal of Social Psychology 38: 225–44. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Thurstone, L. L. 1947. Multivariate Factor Analysis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Google Scholar]
- Wani, Suhas, Sreedevi T. K. Pralhad, Johan Rockstrom, and Y. S. Ramakrishna. 2009. Rainfed Agriculture-Past Trends and Future Prospects. In Rainfed Agriculture: Unlocking the Potential. Edited by Suhas Pralhad Wani, Johan Rockstrom and Theib Oweis. Wikiwand: CAB International, pp. 1–35. [Google Scholar]
- Weber, Elke. 1997. Perception and Expectation of Climate Change: Precondition for Economic and Technological Adaptation. Edited by Max Bazerman, David Messick, David Messick, Ann Tenbrusel and Kimberly Wade-Benzoni. San Francisco: Psychological Perspectives to Environmental and Ethical Issues in Management, pp. 314–41. [Google Scholar]
- World Bank. 2019. Climate Change Knowledge Portal: For Development Practitioners and Policy Makers. Available online: http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Africa&ThisRCode=AF (accessed on 18 January 2019).
Items | Scale * |
---|---|
Direct attitude | |
For me, climate change adaptation is | (very irrelevant–very important) |
Climate change adaptation on my farm is | (very difficult–very practical) |
Adaptation to climate change for me is | (very inconvenient–very convenient) |
Subjective norm | |
I feel under pressure from extension agents to integrate adaptation to climate change in my farming | (strongly disagree–strongly agree) |
People whom I respect (e.g., community head) will disapprove if I do not integrate adaptation in my farming | (strongly disagree–strongly agree) |
It is expected of me to integrate adaptation to climate change in my farming since others are doing it | (strongly disagree–strongly agree) |
Perceived behavioural control | |
If I wanted to, it is easy to integrate adaptation in my farming | (strongly disagree–strongly agree) |
Not having enough resources makes it difficult to adapt to climate change | (strongly disagree–strongly agree) |
Whether I integrate adaptation into my farming is entirely up to me | (strongly disagree–strongly agree) |
Behavioural intention | |
I intend to integrate adaptation in my farming | (very unlikely–very likely) |
Perception Variable | Reference |
---|---|
Poor fertility of most soils | Swe et al. (2015) |
Decrease in arable yield | Ndamani and Watanabe (2015) |
Increased drought | Smit et al. (1996); Okonya et al. (2013) |
Change in rainfall pattern | Smit and Skinner (2002); Okonya et al. (2013) |
Poor humidity/dryness | Okonya et al. (2013) |
Increase in temperature/hot | Smit and Skinner (2002); Okonya et al. (2013) |
High sunshine intensity | Mehar et al. (2016) |
Increased rate of erosion | Nearing et al. (2004) |
Flooding | Okonya et al. (2013) |
Pests and diseases | Bryant et al. (2000); Brklacich et al. (2000); (Swe et al. 2015) |
Demographic Characteristics | Zango (%) n = 120 | Kofa (%) n = 100 |
---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
21–40 | 32.5 | 55.0 |
41–60 | 64.2 | 37.0 |
≥61 | 3.3 | 8.0 |
Gender | ||
Male | 83.3 | 87.0 |
Female | 16.7 | 13.0 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 1.7 | 6.0 |
Married | 95.0 | 93.0 |
Widowed | 3.3 | 1.0 |
No. of children | ||
0 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
1–5 | 31.1 | 48.0 |
6–10 | 44.5 | 26.0 |
11–15 | 21.0 | 10.0 |
≥16 | 2.5 | 7.0 |
Highest education | ||
No education | 32.5 | 33.0 |
Primary | 19.2 | 35.0 |
Secondary | 30.0 | 13.0 |
Tertiary | 18.3 | 19.0 |
TPB * Variables | Item’s Composition | Mean | SD | Cronbach’s Alpha | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zango | Kofa | Zango | Kofa | Zango | Kofa | ||
Attitudes | Mean of 3 items | 7.91 | 7.51 | 2.04 | 2.26 | 0.80 | 0.81 |
Subjective norms | Mean of 3 items | 7.37 | 7.06 | 2.00 | 2.27 | 0.47 | 0.57 |
Perceived behavioural control | Mean of 3 items | 5.93 | 6.21 | 1.49 | 1.98 | 0.34 | 0.43 |
Behavioural intention | 2.76 | 2.87 | 1.07 | 1.01 |
Community | R2 | Adjusted R2 | MS Residual * | F (Significantly Different from Zero) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zango | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.452 | (3, 82) = 40.73 |
Kofa | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.452 | (3, 64) = 29.38 |
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Share and Cite
Jellason, N.P.; Baines, R.N.; Conway, J.S.; Ogbaga, C.C. Climate Change Perceptions and Attitudes to Smallholder Adaptation in Northwestern Nigerian Drylands. Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020031
Jellason NP, Baines RN, Conway JS, Ogbaga CC. Climate Change Perceptions and Attitudes to Smallholder Adaptation in Northwestern Nigerian Drylands. Social Sciences. 2019; 8(2):31. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020031
Chicago/Turabian StyleJellason, Nugun Patrick, Richard N. Baines, John S. Conway, and Chukwuma C. Ogbaga. 2019. "Climate Change Perceptions and Attitudes to Smallholder Adaptation in Northwestern Nigerian Drylands" Social Sciences 8, no. 2: 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020031
APA StyleJellason, N. P., Baines, R. N., Conway, J. S., & Ogbaga, C. C. (2019). Climate Change Perceptions and Attitudes to Smallholder Adaptation in Northwestern Nigerian Drylands. Social Sciences, 8(2), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020031