Farmers’ Preference and Willingness to Pay for Climate-Smart Rice Varieties in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria

Onugo, Theresa Nnenna; Onyeneke, Robert Ugochukwu

doi:10.2478/eko-2022-0027

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“…Rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, flooding, drought and desertification, land degradation, increased frequency of extreme weather events, depleted fresh water supplies, and declining biodiversity are all manifestations of climate change in Nigeria [13,14]. Rainfall has risen in duration and intensity, resulting in significant runoff and flooding events in several areas of Nigeria, and it is predicted that rainfall and temperature variability will continue to rise in decades to come [15,16]. Rising sea levels are predicted to worsen flooding and the submergence of coastal lands as precipitation increases in southern regions [17,18].…”

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How Does Climate Change Affect Tomato and Okra Production? Evidence from Nigeria

Onyeneke,

Agyarko,

Onyeneke

et al. 2023

Plants

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This study examined the impacts of climate change on okra and tomato yields. Fertilizer consumption and credit to the crop sector were considered as covariates in the analysis. Time-series data, spanning a period of 40 years, were obtained from various sources. An autoregressive distributed lag model was applied to analyze short- and long-term impacts of climate change and agricultural inputs on okra and tomato yields. Not all variables were stationary at levels (order zero), but they were all significant at first difference, indicating the presence of cointegration. The Bound’s test F-ratio was statistically significant and implied the presence of long- and short-term relationships among the variables studied. The mean temperatures had negative impacts on okra and tomato yields in both the short and long terms. Credit guaranteed to the crop sector had positive short- and long-term impacts on tomato yield; fertilizer consumption had a negative long-term impact on okra yield. Our study concludes that climate change, particularly rising temperature, impacts herbaceous fruit crop production in Nigeria. Therefore, we recommend that breeding and disseminating climate-smart tomato and okra varieties will help fruit crop farmers respond to rising temperatures.

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How Does Climate Change Affect Tomato and Okra Production? Evidence from Nigeria

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Agyarko,

Onyeneke

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“…The Mitigating measures are being taken up by the Forest Department. But these measures are not much contributing for the mitigation of such conflicts [7,8]. In this circumstances participation of public in the animal mitigating measures by the way of Willingness to Pay for the measures may serve the purpose and hence efforts has been taken to assess the farmers perception and willingness to pay becomes important.…”

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Farmer’s Perception and Willingness to Pay for Mitigating Man-Animal Conflicts in Coimbatore Forest Circle

Unniravisankar,

Sekhar,

Das

et al. 2023

AJAEES

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The study assessed the farmers and other stakeholder’s perception on man-animal conflict at Coimbatore forest circle. Around 37 per cent of the respondents outlined that the farm floor is less than one kilometre distance from the reserve forest. Whereas, 33 per cent of the farm floor was within the distance of one to two kilometres revealed that around 70 per cent of the farm floor is very closer to the forest floor and hence the visit of elephants and other animals to the farm field is quite often taking place. While examining the reason for man-animal conflicts, the same were ranked based on the mean score obtained by using the Likert scaling technique with five point continuum. Among the major reasons, the habitat fragmentation found to be number one stood with the opinion of “strongly agree” according to eighty per cent of the respondents. This was followed by shortage of food resources in the forest perimeter and the periodic human invasion into the forests for their various needs like small timber, fuel wood and bush meat related activities found to be the major reasons for unexpected conflicts between the wild animals and the human being. The same was supported by their respective mean scores of “agree” mode of scale developed for this purpose. The most affected crop is banana which is the one most preferred to the elephants which stood in the first rank and the second rank goes to the coconut, the banana and the coconut were the preferred crop to the elephants. in the absence of the two expressed in the rank one and two, the arecanut and sugarcane could attract the elephants around 32 per cent of the respondents were ready to pay some higher amount which ranges between rs 200 to 500. However, around 17 per cent of the respondents were not interested in paying any contribution towards such initiatives. Among the many protective measures practiced by the farmers, the fire crackers and the powerful torches illuminated on the animal face could alleviate the animals immediately and hence these two protective measures were common among the farmers. Besides, researchers has also used probit regression analysis to analyse the influence of different factors on the dependent variable, willingness to pay. Awareness of the respondents towards mitigation measures, effectiveness of existing mitigating measures, and proximity of farm land to reserved forest, percentage of farm income to household income, farm size and economic loss incurred due crop and property damages by the animals. among the seven variables, awareness of the respondents towards mitigation measures, effectiveness of existing mitigating measures, proximity of farm land to reserved forest, farm size and economic loss incurred due crop and property damage were the six factors found to be statistically significant indicated that these factors cause significant changes in the willingness to pay among the stakeholders.

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Feed additives strategies to control methanogenesis in ruminants, Review

Abd El Tawab,

Liu,

et al. 2024

Archiva Zootechnica

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Methane gas produced by livestock animals contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and is a major environmental issue. However, the use of feed additives for controlling ruminal methanogenesis has emerged as a promising solution for reducing these emissions. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the use of feed additives such as biological feed additives (enzymes, probiotics, algae), phytogenic plants and their extract (essential oils, saponins, tannins, flavonoids) and chemical feed additives (ionophores, nano minerals, chemical inhibitors, organic acids, lipids and oils, propolis) can effectively reduce ruminal methanogenesis while improving animal performance and health. Incorporating feed additives into livestock diets not only shows great potential for reducing methane emissions but also has positive impacts on animal health and productivity. Furthermore, feed additives are a relatively low-cost and practical solution for farmers looking to decrease their environmental impact without compromising animal welfare or productivity. In summary, the use of feed additives for controlling ruminal methanogenesis in livestock animals holds great promise for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving animal health and productivity, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.

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Farmers’ Preference and Willingness to Pay for Climate-Smart Rice Varieties in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria

Cited by 3 publications

References 51 publications

How Does Climate Change Affect Tomato and Okra Production? Evidence from Nigeria

How Does Climate Change Affect Tomato and Okra Production? Evidence from Nigeria

Farmer’s Perception and Willingness to Pay for Mitigating Man-Animal Conflicts in Coimbatore Forest Circle

Feed additives strategies to control methanogenesis in ruminants, Review

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