ABSTRACT

The study assessed the adaptation strategies to climate change on livelihood of rural

communities in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. A total of 399 questionnaire were distributed to

respondent in the 7 wards that were purposively sampled for the study. Data was analysed

descriptively using frequency distribution tables, graphs and charts. Focus Group discussions

were also held in each Local Government Area in order to obtain in-depth information on

climate change. The result revealed that majority of the respondents (74%) got their

information about climate change from mass media. A five point Likert scale (LS) was used

to determine perception of climate change by respondents, the study identified environment is

suffering from devegetation as the most significant and having the highest average mean

score (4.68) followed by domestic fuel scarcity (4.64), cost of food crop are increasing (4.61)

among other perceived impact. The results also revealed that majority of the respondent

(75%) agreed Climate-induced vulnerabilities have impact on their sources of livelihoods by

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