_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: odeleye.idowu@gmail.com; Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry 5(4): 1-10, 2020; Article no.AJRAF.54996 ISSN: 2581-7418 Impact of Climate Change on Arable Crops among Farmers in Akko Local Government, Gombe State, Nigeria I. S. Odeleye 1* , N. G. Nzohulato 1 , M. A. Muhamman 1 , O. O. Akpama 2 , N. K. Dedan 3 and O. B. Kuye 3 1 Department of Agronomy, Federal University of Kashere, Gombe, Nigeria. 2 Department of Economics and Development Studies, Federal University of Kashere, Gombe, Nigeria. 3 Department of Soil Science, Federal University of Kashere, Gombe, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors ISO and MAM designed the study, wrote the protocol and managed the analyses of the study. Author NGN wrote the first draft and managed the literature searches. Author OOA performed the statistical analysis. Authors NKD and OBK managed the literature searches of the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJRAF/2020/v5i430089 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Hamid El Bilali, International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) and Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-Bari), Italy. Reviewers: (1) Ali Raza, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. (2) Agu Eensaar, Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, Estonia. (3) Pradeep Mishra, College of Agriculture, India. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/54996 Received 01 January 2020 Accepted 03 March 2020 Published 12 May 2020 ABSTRACT The study was conducted on the impact of climate change on arable crops production among farmers in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling method was adopted selecting one hundred and fifty respondents. Both primary and secondary data were collected covering a period of five years. The data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics. The research found that male farmers within the age bracket of 20-40 years dominate the farming system, with 62.2% being married and having one form of formal education or the other. The result indicated that 92.9% of the respondents are aware of climate change and are predominantly small land holders. The farmers highlighted increased in drought period, higher temperature, erosion, Original Research Article