Information Sources and Awareness of Climate Change by Citrus Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria

Adebisi-Adelani, O.; Oyesola, O. B.

doi:10.4314/jae.v18i2.1

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“…Other information sources included TV (33.7%) and knowledge from the extension system (extension agent and/or extension meetings, 13.5%), while just 0.6% of the farmers in the study obtained their knowledge about climate change from agricultural researchers. Adebisi-Adelani and Oyesola (2014) [68] also found that family members were the main sources of climate change, for 91.9% of a sample of citrus farmers in Nigeria. However, our results are inconsistent with those reported by Idrisa et al (2012) [69], who reported that extension agents were the main source of technical information about climate change among farmers in a different part of Nigeria.…”

Section: Awareness Of Climate Changementioning

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Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

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This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data, using questionnaires and interviews, from 792 randomly-selected farmers in two of the governorates in the Nile Delta Region, Egypt. A workshop was organized for 59 extension professionals working in the two governorates, looking at how the adaptive capacity of the agricultural sector towards climate change was being guided by policy-makers. Two focus groups were used: one with senior officials from the regional governorates and the other with central government administrators from the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. The study findings suggested that 51.9% of the investigated farmers at the two targeted governorates had no knowledge about the climate change phenomenon. Maximizing the use of manure, changing crop patterns, and crop rotation were the adaptation measures most commonly adopted by aware respondents against climate change. Results of a probit model analysis indicated that farmers' ability to adapt to climate change was influenced by education level, farm size, diversity of production, and membership of a Water User Association. The study recommended some extension interventions to raise awareness of the anticipated effects of climate change.

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Section: Awareness Of Climate Changementioning

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Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

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“…Previous studies in developing countries had evaluated the vulnerability of rural livelihood to climate change (Yusuf, 2013), information sources and awareness of climate change (Akin et al, 2001;Maponya and Mpandeli, 2013;Adebisi-Adelani and Oyesola, 2014;Okoro et al, 2016;Nwachukwu et al, 2017;Nwalem et al, 2019) and responsiveness and training needs of extension workers in Nigeria (Adisa and Balogun, 2012;Onyeme and Iwuchukwu 2012). Also, various studies from developing countries have focused on the agricultural sector for estimation of resources and institutional barriers.…”

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Repositioning Nigeria’s Agricultural Extension System Towards Building Climate Change Resilience

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“…The teachers should be in-serviced to able to effectively teach climate change topics. The integrated environmental education should be reviewed to include more climate change topics [27]- [29]. Findings pointed out there is the need for an urgent strengthening of extension arm in terms of climate change education.…”

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Pre-service teachers’ inclusion of climate change education

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2019

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<span>Findings from the study of pre-service teachers’ (PSTs) attitudes to climate change education, knowledge of climate change and potential inclusion in their future teachings are reported in this paper. Using adopted and self-made questionnaire, a sample of 180 pre-service teachers participated in a survey study in the College of Education, University of Nueva Caceres, divided into freshmen and senior year to examine developments in their attitudes to environmental education and their knowledge of climate change. Results showed that their attitudes towards climate change education were low and their climate change science knowledge had not changed. Data on preservice teachers’ sources of information for climate change, their views on essential climate change topics for their future students and their perceptions of gaps in their own training in relation to climate change education were also examined in order to substantiate the survey data. Results show that there is a need to triangulate climate change education not only in the program outcomes but also to the student and faculty development programs. Further results are discussed in this paper.</span>

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Information Sources and Awareness of Climate Change by Citrus Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria

Cited by 5 publications

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Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

Climate Change Adaptation in the Delta Nile Region of Egypt: Implications for Agricultural Extension

Repositioning Nigeria’s Agricultural Extension System Towards Building Climate Change Resilience

Pre-service teachers’ inclusion of climate change education

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