Atanda Sotomi

Farming Youths' Coping Strategies with Cilmate Change in Nigeria Atanda Sotomi

Climate change is no longer news, it is inevitable. Global attention has been drawn to its threats on the survival of natural resources and human livelihood; particularly agriculture and food security at macro and household levels. There is therefore, need to devise strategies to cope with its devastating impact especially among the farming youth. some of the coping strategies employed by farming youths in Nigeria for crop production were sequence planting, planting of early maturing crops and planting drought resistant crops; for livestock production enterprise were mixed farming and rearing of early maturing breeds; while for fish production were poly culture and sinking of deep wells.