A study was conducted in District Bati Kot, Nangarhar-Afghanistan during 2022 to assess the citrus growers concern about skills of extension workers regarding climate variability for citrus production in Afghanistan. Multistage sampling technique was used for selection of 120 respondents. Moreover, rank order, mean and standard deviation was used for assessing the extension workers’ expertise, while chi-square test was used to find the association between different variables. Information on various variables of socio economic characteristics, ranking of skills of extension agents regarding suitable climate for citrus production were collected through well-structured interview schedule. The results revealed that most of the respondents involved in citrus cultivation were in middle age of 40-50 years, with land holding size of 1–6 acres. However, 55 percent respondents were found illiterate where 45 percent have formal education of different levels with prominent category of primary to inter level education. The ranking skills of extension workers in climate change was the know-how with climate change was ranked on top with highest mean of 3.40 and standard deviation 0.938 and the understanding & Communicating weather forecast were found at lowest rank with lowest mean of 2.383 and standard deviation 1.055 in the skills of climate change. Highly significant association was found between the skills of extension workers in climate change scenario and average yield of citrus production. It is suggested that extension workers should be trained in the changing climate scenario of the particular area for the production of citrus who in turn can train citrus growers for getting their better yield in citrus by alleviating the poverty of extreme war affected area to stop them from migration and concentrate on the development of Afghanistan through subsidizing the citrus growing inputs. Moreover, proper attention towards the changing climate is the need of the day for sustaining agriculture and especially in horticulture for the betterment of humanity in general and Afghanistan in particular. Agriculture extension workers can advise citrus growers on climate-resilient practices, helping them to adapt the changing climate conditions and minimize risks related to extreme weather events.

Keywords: skills of climate change, multistage sampling, agriculture extension workers, citrus production, Nangarhar, Afghanistan