Paper short abstract:

Agriculture in the world especially sub-Saharan Africa is at the crossroads simply because climate change has brought a menace to the agricultural sector, which must be attended to. One potentially feasible solution is to invest in and embrace resilient farming practices.

Paper long abstract:

Shifting to agricultural practices with resilient farming

practices is crucial in building resilience to climate change and

reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is against this premise that this

study seeks to assess how land governance affects the willingness of

smallholders to embrace resilient farming practices (RFPs)) in the study

area. This study makes use of the 2017 Federal University of

Agriculture, Abeokuta ECOWAS RAAF PASANAO[1] Survey, a Nation-wide

Survey of Cereals Production Systems and Willingness to Accept

Incentives to Adopt Climate-Smart Practices among Smallholders in

Nigeria. This survey provides information on land governance as well as

RFPs which was used to achieve the objectives of this study. Land

governance was measured in the form of tenure type, land-use choices,

and tenure security. The respondents were selected in a multi-stage

random sampling process, covering sixteen States, six agricultural

blocks per state as well as 192 farming communities, summing up to 1,536

households. The RFPs were measured using four dummy variables -

agroforestry, good agricultural practices with manure, good agricultural

practices without manure and status quo. Data was analyzed using

descriptive and regression methods. A priori, land governance should

have a positive influence on the willingness to embrace RFPs. We,

therefore, conclude that sound land governance is fundamental in

achieving sustainable agriculture.