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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is paramount to the success of farming  activities today in the face of the menace of climate change. This study  therefore investigated the frequency of usage of CSA and the factors  influencing its level of usage in the Northern agricultural zone of Sokoto  State. A well-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The data  used for the analysis were cross sectional data collected from 120 rural  farming households in six (6) villages across two (2) local government areas.  Descriptive statistics, Adaptation Strategy Use Index (ASUI) and ordered  probit regression model were used for data analysis. Results indicated that  the majority of the respondents were male (83.33%), married (83.33%), had  Quranic education (73.33%), household size of 1-10 persons (58.33%), farming  experience of 16-30 years (49.17%) and were between the ages of 46 and 60  (44.17%). Similarly, the practice of conservation agriculture was the most  used CSAP in the study area, while the results of the ordered probit  regression showed that years of education and membership of a social group  were significant explanatory variables influencing the level of use of CSAP  among the low user and high user categories at the 10% and 1% level of  significance respectively, while access to credit significantly influenced  only the low user category at the 10% level of significance. The study  therefore concluded that CSAPs were being practiced at different levels in  the study area with various factors influencing their usage, and it therefore  recommended that the farming households be well enlightened by extension  agents on the benefits of CSAPs.

Factors influencing the level of use of climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) in Sokoto state, Nigeria