Knowledge of Global Warming and Associated Factors among Crop Production Farmers in Oyo Zone, Oyo State, Nigeria
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2023
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Lead City University Ibadan
Abstract
Global warming is a serious environmental and economic issue confronting the world. It is a threat
multiplier that worsens health conditions. Correspondingly, crop production is a significant contributor
to anthropogenic global warming and reducing crop production emissions. In spite of the agricultural related challenges associated with global warming, previous studies focus on its knowledge across
different population, with little concentration on crop production farmers. This study therefore,
examined knowledge of global warming and associated factors among crop production farmers in Oyo
Zone, Oyo State, Nigeria. Cross-sectional research design was used; registered crop production
farmers of Oyo State Agric-business Development Agency were the population; while multistage
sampling procedure was used to select a total of eighty seven (87) respondents. The result revealed that
the level of knowledge of global warming was high (weighted mean=1.74) among crop production
farmers in Oyo Zone. Furthermore, there was a significant gender difference in knowledge of global
2 warming (t=3.29, df=85, p<0.05). Also, age (÷ =27.07, df=3, p<0.05) and educational qualification
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(÷ =34.89, df=3, p<0.05) had significant association with knowledge of global warming among the
farmers. It was concluded that the knowledge of global warming was high among crop production
farmers in Oyo Zone; of which male farmers had better understanding than their female counterparts.
Also, age and educational qualification had significant association with knowledge of global warming
among the farmers. The State Ministries of Health and Education should therefore intensify efforts to
jointly organise periodic sensitization programme on knowledge of global warming specifically for
crop production farmers.
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Crop production farmers, Knowledge and Associated factors of global warming.