Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
A negative binomial modeling of cocoa farmers’ perception on climate change and reported sick times in South Western Nigeria
Author(s):
Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
Recieved Date: 2013-07-13, Accepted Date: 2013-10-12
Abstract:Climate change and households’ health are perfectly interlinked in literature. This paper analyzed the perceptions of cocoa farmers on climate change and the correlates of reported sick times. Data were collected from selected cocoa grown villages in the South Western part of Nigeria. Descriptive statistics and Negative Binomial Regression were used for data analyses. Results showed that 92% of the farmers were males and average age was 55 years. Increase in pest infestations was reported by 64.13%, while inability to control weeds effectively was reported by 71.73%. Scarcities of drinking and cooking water were also reported by 13.06% and 11.89%, respectively. More incidence of cholera and higher incidence of pneumonia were reported by 6.82% and 15.59%, respectively. Increase in the incidence of black pod disease was reported by 61.99% and 48.93% were unable to spay cocoa pods effectively. Drastic reduction in cocoa yields was reported by 64.13%. Also, 73.10% of the farmers indicated that too much rainfall affected them, while 4.48% were affected by too low rainfall. Delay in rain commencement affected 18.91%, while delay in stopping of rainfall affected 33.92%. Too stormy rainfall affected 28.65% of the farmers. Malaria was the mostly reported illness with 60.43%. The Negative Binomial Regression (NBReg) results showed that year of schooling, years of cocoa farming, inability to dry cocoa effective and being affected by extremely low temperature significantly reduced the log of sick times (p<0.10), while reduction in cocoa yields, being affected by extremely high temperature, high and low rainfalls significantly increased it. It was concluded that climate change is affecting production decision of cocoa farmers with some impacts on their health status.
Keywords:Climate change,
health status, cocoa, Negative Binomial Regression, NigeriaJournal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2013
Volume: 11
Issue: 3&4
Category: Environment
Pages: 1975-1981
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