Table 5 Cross Tabulation of Farmers Responses of How Climate Change Impacts them and why they Need Finance
From: Climate change and financing adaptation by farmers in northern Nigeria
| Â | Farmers rating of how climate change impacts them | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Why farmer need finance | Very high | high | moderate | low | Very low | No response | Total |
Buy fertilizer(do boost farm harvest) | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
Dig borehole for irrigation purpose (to address drought through irrigation) | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
Buy farm equipment | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Plant shrubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Hire additional labour | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Buy improved seedlings (do boost farm harvest) | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
Make buffers that are bush fire resistant | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Construct thatch fences around farm land to shield from ruminants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Adopt sustainable land management practices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Plant trees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Soil Conservation | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
No response | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 189 | 62 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 314 |