This study was conducted in order to assess the perception of Farmers on Deforestation and its impact on agricultural production in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State. Stratified random sampling was adopted for this study where the study area was partitioned in to 11 wards, three districts were selected at random through balloting, and proportional sampling was used in selecting villages from the selected wards. One hundred and twenty (120) questionnaires were administered to farmers. Data collection was through interview with the farmers. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analyzing the data. Charts, frequency distribution and percentages were used in presenting demographic information while chi-square test of association was used to test the association between socio-economic characteristics with ideas and causes of deforestation. The result of demography showed that, majority of the respondents fall between 48-58 years, about 91% are male and 9% are female, 94% are farmers and 92% are married. Chi-square result revealed that there was no (P>0.05) significant association between socio-economic characteristics and the ideas on deforestation, on the other hand the test revealed (P<0.05) significant relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and the causes of deforestation with the exception of sex.