Awareness Of Climate Change Mitigation Strategies And Achievability Of Sustainable Development Goal Among Farmers In Cross River State Education Zone.pdf

This study investigates the relationship of farmer awareness of climate change mitigation strategies on the achievability of Sustainable Development Goal one (No poverty) in Cross River State Educational zone. Two research questions were posed and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The results were tested at 0.5 level of significance. The population of the study is 114,000 registered farmers and a sample of size of 389 was chosen using the Taro Yamani formular. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire with 10 items. Purposive and stratified random sampling techniques were employed to select farmers across local government areas. A four point Likert scale was used to gather responses, and Pearson product moment correlation was applied to analyze data. The results indicate that farmers’ educational level and access to climate change information significantly influence their awareness of climate change mitigation strategies and the achievability of SDG 1. Moreover, notable differences in climate change awareness level were observed across the three education zones. It was recommended among others that the government should enhance educational initiatives and access to climate change information to increase awareness among farmers, and to increase intervention in the area of monitoring the effectiveness of these strategies in promoting SDG1. Keywords: Awareness, Climate Change, Mitigation strategies and Achievability of sustainable development.