The study focused on the perceptions to climate change
among rural farming households in the Niger Delta Area,
Nigeria. The basic objective was to determine the rural
farming household’s perception to climate change in the Area
and the specific objective was to determine the direction of
change of the climate change indicators (whether increasing,
decreasing or constant). Multistage sampling procedure was
sampled 739 rural farming households (respondents) for the
study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic. Socio –
economic profile of the respondents indicated that 37.69% of
rural farming households falls between the age bracket of 47
to 51 years and majority (60.0%) having educational
qualification below secondary school level. The study also
reveals 76% had no extension contact during the farming
season and 78.6% of respondents are not aware of the
phenomenon of climate change. The study noticed an
increasing change in the climate change indicators except
longer raining season that is decreasing in the Area. The
perception to the cause of climate indicators was mostly
attributed to natural occurrence by God/gods (67.7%).
Awareness campaign on climate change is recommended in
the rural areas for climate change information.