Climate Change and Smart Technologies: Information Access and Collboration Among Farmers in Northern Nigeria as Pre- Requsite
Keywords:
Information Access, Climate, CollaborationAbstract
This paper is on climate change, and smart technologies and the role of information access and collaboration. The focus is on how best, farmers could have access to agricultural information which includes among others weather and climate information through smart technologies. The objectives are to examine whether farmers have access to information pertaining to weather, climatic change and agricultural information through smart technologies. To evaluate the level of usage of that information so as to enable farmers have sustainable agricultural productivity, became resilient to climate change and to reduce greenhouse emission. A total of 150 household were randomly selected for qualitative survey and 100 were purposively sampled. This is because the respondents were scattered across the state senatorial district. The researcher categorised purposefully the respondent in to Agricultural Development Projects (ADP) zones of Ajiwa, Dutsinma and Funtua zones. Secondary data was collected through document reviews. Thefindings of the study revealed that members farmers' association were aware and
they have access to information and have been utilizing information through smart technologies. While non-members of the farmers association claimed ignorance about weather, climate and various types of agricultural information, which may be
due to illiteracy, poverty and administrative bottlenecks. The paper recommended that a structured and well planned participatory approach toward agriculture is needed by all stake holders, provision of adequate and timely information is
paramount and indigenous knowledge should be uploaded in the inter-Net for semiliterate farmers to read, utilise and inform others.