Climate Change Knowledge and Perception among Farming Households in Nigeria

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F23%3A96562" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/23:96562 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11060115" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11060115</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli11060115" target="_blank" >10.3390/cli11060115</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Climate Change Knowledge and Perception among Farming Households in Nigeria

Original language description

Nigeria is committed to achieving a 20% unconditional and 45% conditional reduction of GHG emissions by 2030 through a strong focus on awareness of and preparedness for climate change impacts via the mobilization of local communities for climate change mitigation actions. As land cover changes and forestry contribute 38% and agriculture contributes 13% of the country's GHGs, farmers are among the stakeholders to be aware of and prepare for climate change mitigations and adaptations. This study assessed the knowledge of agriculturally related practices associated with climate change and its relation to climate change perception. One thousand and eighty (1080) smallholder farmers were interviewed across six agroecological zones (AEZs) of Nigeria using a structured questionnaire. The results revealed that most farmers know that deforestation and land clearance by bush burning contributes to climate change. However, many farmers did not know that methane emissions from livestock (enteric fermentation) can cause climate change. Our results further show that the farmers' perception of climate change is associated with climate change knowledge. Factors affecting the climate change knowledge of farmers include information received from government extension services, environmental NGOs, and radio, as well as experiencing extreme weather events. Farmers of dry AEZs were more aware and knowledgeable of the agricultural practices contributing to the changing environment. Increased exposure to climate change events thus appears to elevate the knowledge on the topic. Using government services, environmental NGOs, and radio to disseminate climate change information will help further in guiding and shaping farmers' perceptions towards scientific findings for appropriate actions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40101 - Agriculture

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

CLIMATE

ISSN

2225-1154

e-ISSN

2225-1154

Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUN 2023

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001017056200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85163626867