 Welcome to Ajigaram community in Taffan Local Government area of Niger State. Ajigaram is home to the indigenous people of Baguio tribe who reside in central Nigeria and are primarily farmers known for their cultivation of yam, millet and maize. They are also skilled potters, weavers and blacksmiths. Trading contributes to their economic sustainability and cultural vibrancy. For about eight years now, the weather has been getting hotter and rain falling less and uneven. This is adversely affecting agriculture and food production, which impacts the quality of life and living standards of the Baguio people. It has affected the ecosystem and biodiversity as the people ultimately depend on agriculture for their survival. In those 15 years back, we used to have rain that would last up to November. At least the first or second week of November, there used to be rain here. But because of desert encroachment, the rain does not even reach November. Even last year, the rain stopped at September. There are some crops that you can no longer plant here. We used to plant them in those years. During our visit to Aigigaram, we spoke with some of the farmers who reported the accelerated rate of desertification and land degradation they are witnessing. They complained of reduced food production and the shrinkage of the river that provided water for the locality, putting more pressure on farmers and some households. Also, since the water began shrinking, access to good quality has become a challenge. I'm a farmer. Some of the crops are normally rice, also kinecon. And I also do yam farming. Once you plant your yams, your heaps, at times if you go around the heaps, you just place your hands on it, you will hear the hotness of the area. So that hotness will really affect our land plants. It will result not to germinate. The stream we are using here, if you check it, you can find it again. The rice is in a dry pot. Now that it's released, it carries every dirty and pushes it to that place. We are going to plant our crops here. We are going to plant our crops here. We are going to plant our crops here. We are going to plant our crops here. The low income and poor basic infrastructure of this indigenous community exacerbates the compounding risks they face. Limited access to resources, education and financial means restrict their ability to implement sustainable practices such as climate smart agriculture on a commercial scale. This leaves the community more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, accelerating the loss of agricultural biodiversity, jeopardizing the ecological balance of the community and pushing them deeper into poverty. That is the problem. When coming out, your crops will not grow very well because it will tie in the leaves. After tying the leaves, the no-apply chemical will not grow very well. It will be destroyed. I have to harvest my crops, maybe to reduce. Yes, to reduce. So it will affect my family. Instead of taking a ten-buck of corn, maybe I will only come back with three or four. Here I will be affected. The nutrition of the families are being affected as the quantity of food the farmers are able to give to their families is now being rationed as a result of the declining output. This is to make sure that the families still have enough to sell to afford other essential commodities. Further interactions reveal that the women in the household opt for lesser food portions to ensure their children and husbands are well fed. This contributes to the national prevalence of undernourishment in Nigeria. Without any external support, the quality of nutrition of the children may be adversely affected. Also, the community members reported that some of the medicinal herbs for treating skin infections and fever that used to grow in the community are no longer available. As an adaptive measure, the farmers switched to using organic manure, which they believe is less affected by erosion, since it mixes for the soil better on my chemical inputs. But they soon noted that productivity declined, which forced them back into using chemical fertilizers. We can farm. Without chemicals to spray in our farm. Not really. From our survey from Ajigaran community in Niger State, we discovered that these people lack access to good water supply. So we recommend that both should be dug for this community and they should plant drought-resistant seedlings. The people of Ajigaran community in Niger State have learned that the challenges they are facing are due to climate change, which is as a result of their day-to-day human activities. There is an urgent need to invest in community climate education and climate smart agriculture while building local institutional capacities. The baggy people need knowledge exchange with international communities, expertise and financial resources to reduce adverse climate impact, build resilience and adapt better to climate change.