Perception Driven From Farmers’ Socio-economic Characteristics Towards Tackling Climate Change

Climate change is part of us and we are unlikely to avoid its impact. Impacts climate severely felt within the agricultural sector, division that strives ensure food nutrition security contribute towards sustainable development in many developing countries. The only way farmers can survive face through adaptation, a phenomenon needs collaborative efforts. One critical driving factors adaptation farmers’ perception tackling it, focus this paper. main objective paper was assess change. population study emerging drawn from five districts Limpopo province, South Africa. used two-stage cluster sampling technique select sample size 206 farmers. dependent variable about while explanatory variables consisted their socio-economic characteristics such as age, gender, farming experience level education. Discriminant Analysis draw comparison between groups who perceived be tackled those believed it cannot be. results showed formal education, age group, off-farm occupation significantly contributed regarding Therefore, recommended stakeholders should facilitate linkage with varied sources support.