Agriculture represents an important part of the rural economy of southeastern Nigeria, even in the wake of floods. However, livelihoods are becoming increasingly diversified. This study was based on a farm household-level adaptation analysis that focuses on tactical decisions made by farmers in response to flooding. These tactical decisions are influenced by a number of socio-economic factors, including household characteristics, their resource endowments, access to information and the availability of formal institutions (input and output markets) to smooth consumption. Flooding poses perhaps the most serious environmental threat to flood control. hunger, malnutrition, disease and poverty in the study area, mainly due to its impact on agricultural productivity. The study confirms that young adults continue to make agriculture their main activity in rural areas. He showed that the main staple crops of these farmers were cassava, yam and corn; while the most important animals raised were poultry and goats. However, mixed farming was the most popular agricultural system in the region. The main adaptation options used by farmers include diversification from agricultural activities to non-agricultural activities, migration out of flood risk areas, adaptation through relief materials provided by the government and NGOs, diversification of income and the construction of embankments and gutters. However, 5% of farmers have not engaged in any form of adaptation strategy. Those who did not use any of the methods considered described lack of information on appropriate adaptation methods, financial constraints, labor shortages, poor market access, lack of access to weather forecasting technologies as major constraints to adaptation. The study used the multinomial...... middle of document ...... the poor receive the appropriate type of services to increase their adaptive capacity. Each adaptive effort results from both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors are the efforts made by vulnerable people themselves (farming households in this case), such as farmers, farmers' associations, rural youth associations, community groups, etc. While extrinsic factors are the efforts of external people including government agencies, non-governmental organizations. agencies, donor organizations, civil society organizations, etc. Integrating these efforts synergistically generally results in more effective adaptation to flood impacts. However, judging from the poor rural background of most farming households in Nigeria (and most developing societies), farmers will surely need extrinsic supports to be able to break down barriers to effective flood adaptation...