Knowledge Levels of Extension Agents and their Perceived Impact of Climate Change on Extension Service Provision in Ghana

Ogunlade, I.; Aderinoye-Abdulwahab, S.A.; Mensah, AO

doi:10.4314/ejesm.v7i1.12

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“…In the study of farmers' knowledge, it was found that they mostly had a low level of knowledge on climate change which is contrary to the results of Al Buloshi & Ramadan, 2015;Ogunlade et al, 2014;and Rodriguez-Franco & Haan, 2015; and is similar to the study of Kabir et al (2016) according to which, only 6.5% of farmers had a high level of climate change knowledge. The result of the study also indicated that knowledge had a significant relationship with the adaptive capacity of farmers.…”

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Adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers toward climate change: evidence from Hamadan province in Iran

Jamshidi

Ali

Kalantari

et al. 2020

Climate and Development

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The global climate is changing, and farmers must increase their adaptive capacity to avoid negative impacts. This study aimed to examine the adaptive capacity of farmers' household to tolerate climate changes and identify factors affecting the climate in Hamadan province, Iran.The adaptive capacity was evaluated quantitatively by using 23 indicators and was categorized into high, moderate, low, and very low adaptive capacity. The study was based on a cross sectional survey and was conducted with a random sample of 280 household farmers distributed in five counties of Hamadan province in the west of the country whose climatic data revealed signs of climate change. The result showed that farmers' negative perception toward climate change generally increases during dry seasons and decreases when the precipitation and water resources are more available. Regarding the available information, only 15% of farmers had a high level of adaptive capacity, while 10% of them were highly adapted, and 27.5% showed a very low level of adaptive capacity. Adaptive capacity in the current study 2 was influenced by some socio-economic variables including total farm size, irrigated farm size, number of agricultural land plots, and perception and knowledge of climate change.

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Adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers toward climate change: evidence from Hamadan province in Iran

Jamshidi

Ali

Kalantari

et al. 2020

Climate and Development

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“…Although most of extension agents has excellent knowledge about climate change (Ogunlade, Abdulwahab & Mensah, 2014), a large number need training on climate change (Adisa and Balogun,2012;Onyeme and Iwuchukwu ,2012). Fish farming activities has seen a rapid increase in the number, area and production of fish farms.Fish farmers require periodic update and upgrading of their technical knowledge and skill, they need training to remove barriers, improve technical competency and efficiency for better resource utilization, increase productivity and performance (Ifejika, Uzokwe & Oladosu,2013) .…”

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Training needs of extension agents in AL Diwaniyah Province, Iraq

Haleem¹

2018

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The study assessed the training needs of extension agents in AL Diwaniyah province. Interview schedule was used to collect data from 60 extension agents through face-to-faces interaction. The collected data were analyses using frequency, percentage, weighted arithmetic mean, simple correlation. Findings revealed that forty-five of the respondents had medium training needs. The respondents had a high level of training needs in the area of post-harvest technology, integrated pest management (IPM), information and communication technology (ICT), value addition of agricultural commodities, floriculture management, marketing of agricultural commodities, protected agriculture, planning and implementation agricultural extension programmes, climate change, fish farming technologies, organic agriculture, and determination of farmers training needs. significant and negative correlation was investigated between training need and educational qualification, years of experience, and number of training attended. The study recommends that training courses should be conducted for extension agents in areas where respondents showed a middle and high training needs.

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“…Other African countries have also noticed this trend (Antwi-Agyei & Stringer, 2021;Zafezeka, et. al., 2019;Ogunlade, et. al., 2014).…”

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Assessment of climate change training needs of agricultural extension agents in Abia state, Nigeria

Ifeanyi-obi

Ekere

2021

S Afr. Jnl. Agric. Ext.

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The study assessed the agricultural extension agents' climate change training needs in Abia state. Eighty-three extension agents were chosen for the study using a simple random sampling procedure. Questionnaire was used to collect data, which was then summarized using percentages, frequency counts, and the mean. The findings indicated that male agricultural extension agents comprised a majority (53%) of the state's agricultural extension agents. The average household contained between one and five members (60%). Only 10% have a master's degree, while the majority (69%) have a bachelor's degree. The average length of employment was 15 years. The study's findings indicated that there are still extension agents who are unaware of climate change (1%). Agricultural extension agents in the study area have a limited understanding of all six climate change statements. Extension agents provide significant climate change services to farmers, including technical advice on climate change ( =2.0), the establishment of Small Plot Adaptation Techniques (SPAT) to monitor the impact of climate change (=2.1), and educating farmers on appropriate agrochemicals for climate change adaptation (weed and pest control) ( =2.2). Additionally, the results indicated that understanding fundamental climate change concepts ( =3.7), utilising cultural practises to mitigate and adapt to climate impacts ( =3.4), and environmentally friendly management practises to mitigate and adapt to climate change ( =3.4) were the primary areas of need for climate change training among extension agents. Inadequate funding for training (=3.4), a lack of financial support from organizations ( =3.3), and an inability to access financial support from funders (=3.3) were the major barriers to attending climate change training for extension agents. Regular climate change seminars and training workshops for agricultural extension agents at the federal and state levels will help to improve their overall knowledge of climate change issues. The Agricultural Development Program should utilize Forth nightly training (FNT) meetings to educate extension agents about climate change issues.

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Knowledge Levels of Extension Agents and their Perceived Impact of Climate Change on Extension Service Provision in Ghana

Cited by 11 publications

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Adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers toward climate change: evidence from Hamadan province in Iran

Adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers toward climate change: evidence from Hamadan province in Iran

Training needs of extension agents in AL Diwaniyah Province, Iraq

Assessment of climate change training needs of agricultural extension agents in Abia state, Nigeria

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