ANALYSIS OF GENDER DIFFERENTIALS IN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorKUBAI, Zonkwa
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-26T08:13:30Z
dc.date.available2021-10-26T08:13:30Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzed gender differentials in adaptation to climate change in Kaduna State with a view to examining how different sex groups adapt or adjust to climate change. Data on the peopleā€˜s perception on climate change adaptation strategies, gender differentials in adaptation to climate change, causal factors of differentials in gender adaptation to climate change and challenges of climate change adaptation in the eleven selected Local Government Areas (LGAs) were collected by using household questionnaire survey, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), Key Informal Survey (KIS) and field observations. Thirty five years (1981-2015) monthly temperature and rainfall data from three meteorological stations in the state were used for this study. Major information solicited from the respondents was the observed variation in temperature and rainfall and the occurrences of extreme events over the past thirty five years. Trend in temperature and rainfall variations were analyzed using time series analysis and standard deviation. Frequencies and percentages were used to present the results on gender differentials in adaptation strategies in the study area. Kruskal-wallis was used to test if male adapt differently to climate change than the female. Causal factors of gender differentials were also analyzed using kruskal-wallis and presented in a table while frequency tables and charts were used to summarize the various challenges of climate change. The result of the trend analysis of the observed temperature and rainfall in all the zones showed an increasing trend from the beginning of the data (1981) to the recent years. On the other hand, with regards to gender differentiation in climate change adaptation strategies 57% of the respondents revealed that men and women respond to climate change by coping differently. The Chi-square result 24.130, df =1, p=.001 showed that there is a significant relationship between gender and climate change coping strategies which implies that certain climate change coping strategies are gender sensitive. Gender differentiated impacts of climate variability were manifested in the unequal distribution of roles and responsibilities of men and women. There is therefore no doubt that climate change is impacting differently on rural men and women. Causal factors of gender differentials in climate change adaptation strategies were identified as level of education, occupation, religion, culture, access to information, gender differences to property rights, health, poverty, and age, among others. Challenges of climate change adaptation strategies in relation to gender differentials include lack of capital and improved seeds/crop varieties (85%) which ranked 1st, followed by lack of awareness/ knowledge about adaptation measures (83%), poor government attention to climate change problems (81%), none availability of credit (79%), absence of government policy on climate change (78%), irregularities of extension services (77%) and access to fertile land (70%) whereas female house-hold headship (32%) has the least effect. The study revealed that although climate change creates hardships for both gender, it however affects men and women differently. These climate change gender differentials exist and persist in proportion to the severity of climate change disasters and depend on the relative socioeconomic status of men and women. Women as a group are impacted more than men by climatic events. On the basis of the findings of this research, the study recommends the development of innovative ways to eliminate gender-stereotype about the roles of women and men, the need to empower men and women to successfully excel in agriculture, appropriate and labour saving technology and seeds that can withstand different climate conditions and financial capital,financing mechanisms supporting adaptation and adaptation initiatives at the global, national and local levels need to be gender-responsive among others.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12653
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENTIALS,en_US
dc.subjectADAPTATION,en_US
dc.subjectCLIMATE VARIABILITY,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF GENDER DIFFERENTIALS IN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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